[DeTomaso] Fuel tank repair

[Stephen Nelson]

I will be picking my tank up today from the radiator shop that repaired it.
Ok, no rust through in my tank, in fact, it was in pretty good shape.  The
shop first cut a whole through the side of the tank so they could get inside
and completely clean the inside, including removing the original coating.
They then welded the hole back up, thoroughly cleaned the inside and out,
then coated the inside with a fuel-impervious flexible coating and painted
the outside.  Total cost $250.

 

They would have brazed/welded any holes, and, given that the coating
protects the metal, would have given me back a functional tank if they had
to fix holes.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Stephen Nelson

 

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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Himes, Terry
(397C)
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 6:15 AM
To: Christopher Kimball; Corey Price; Pantera list serve
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel tank repair

 

I pulled my gas tank and had it restored.  Much less than $400. (I can look
it up).  Been perfect for 10 years.

 

 

 

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From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
Date: Monday, December 23, 2013 10:12 PM
To: Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>, Pantera list serve
<detomaso at poca.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel tank repair

 

My gas tank had holes in it when I first bought the car.  We found they were
worse than we thought once we removed the tank and did a close examination,
so I found a tank another Pantera owner was selling, and I bought that.  It
had been recoated and was in good shape, and I think I paid less than $400;
a great price.   

 

I don't know if you can get a deal such as I did, but that might be a better
way to go than repairing yours, since taking the tank in and out is a pretty
big hassle. 

 

Just my 2 cents!

 

Chris

> From: coreyjprice at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 21:49:58 -0700
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Fuel tank repair
> 
> I have a few issues with my fuel tank:
> 
> http://pantera1998.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-look-in-gas-tank.html
> 
> Notice the holes in the step and there's a pinhole at the bottom. The
sender looks and works good. 
> 
> Can the holes be brazed up? Thoughts?
> 
> Corey
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