[DeTomaso] Gas tank woes

[Rob Dumoulin]

That was the last pic I could take this week as I board a plane Monday
mornings before most of you wake up.  I appreciate all the help, though.  It
does seem like there is fiberglass folded over the tank shield.  I just
cannot figure how that happened being that it is draped over like it dried
that way.  Maybe it was a patch of some kind.  I'll try a wire wheel to
strip it away from the tank shield without damaging the tank.

Has anybody seen damage in that area like this?

Island Rob
#1488

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:33 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 5/16/10 13 46 4, rob at dumoulins.net writes:
>
>
> What is the mass that is bent over?  Is that the gas tank or insulation.
> It
> is solid and does not bend easily.  I am afraid that if it is the tank, I
> will break open.
>
>
> >>>I've never seen anything like that before.  It appears to be something
> which curls around and over the top of your gas tank shield.
>
> The 1971 cars had aluminum gas tanks, which started leaking.  Ford's
> solution was to remove the gas tanks and completely wrap them in
> fiberglass.  Looking to the right of the mounting bracket, in the top right
> corner of the photo, I see what appears to be fiberglass wrapping.  However,
> it seems the top of your tank is just metal.  Could it be that fiberglass
> cloth applied to the tank peeled back and then cured over the top of your
> shield?
>
> More and better photos might answer that?
>
> Mike