[DeTomaso] Anybody have a spare pressure tank?

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

Hi guys,

Just got Lori's new engine installed in her car yesterday, and got the 
exhaust etc. hooked up today and fired it up for the first time at about 8:00 
p.m. and ran it, off and on, for the next hour.

(A neighbor from a block away walked around the corner to notify us that he 
could hear her car from his house.   I asked him, in innocence, "Doesn't it 
sound great!?"   He did not agree with my assessment and he informed me 
that it was approaching 9:00 p.m.   I took the hint and we shut it off and put 
it away...)

Anyway, during the course of this whole operation, we removed her water 
bottles, cleaned them up thoroughly inside and out, and after passing visual 
inspection, had them powdercoated.   During the course of the warmup, suddenly 
there was a jet of water coming out of the pressure bottle, about two 
inches from the top.   A pinhole had formed and been covered with the 
powdercoating, but under the influence of the water and pressure, it blew out.   While 
perhaps it could be repaired, presumably the rest of the tank around the 
same longitude is equally precarious--it's new water bottle time.

While the obvious solution is to just buy a new stainless tank, she likes 
the original look of the stock tanks, particularly after they have been 
powdercoated and look so nice.   Thus, I'm wondering if any of the legions of you 
who have fitted new SS tanks have a genuinely good stock tank they would be 
willing to sell?

Having powdercoated a tank that was on the verge of failure already, I'm 
not interested in doing that again, so looking for a really good tank, 
preferably from a known low-mileage car to give us a fighting chance of getting it 
right this time.

THANKS!

Mike
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   Hi guys,
   Just got Lori's new engine installed in her car yesterday, and got the
   exhaust etc. hooked up today and fired it up for the first time at
   about 8:00 p.m. and ran it, off and on, for the next hour.
   (A neighbor from a block away walked around the corner to notify us
   that he could hear her car from his house.  I asked him, in innocence,
   "Doesn't it sound great!?"  He did not agree with my assessment and he
   informed me that it was approaching 9:00 p.m.  I took the hint and we
   shut it off and put it away...)
   Anyway, during the course of this whole operation, we removed her water
   bottles, cleaned them up thoroughly inside and out, and after passing
   visual inspection, had them powdercoated.  During the course of the
   warmup, suddenly there was a jet of water coming out of the pressure
   bottle, about two inches from the top.  A pinhole had formed and been
   covered with the powdercoating, but under the influence of the water
   and pressure, it blew out.  While perhaps it could be repaired,
   presumably the rest of the tank around the same longitude is equally
   precarious--it's new water bottle time.
   While the obvious solution is to just buy a new stainless tank, she
   likes the original look of the stock tanks, particularly after they
   have been powdercoated and look so nice.  Thus, I'm wondering if any of
   the legions of you who have fitted new SS tanks have a genuinely good
   stock tank they would be willing to sell?
   Having powdercoated a tank that was on the verge of failure already,
   I'm not interested in doing that again, so looking for a really good
   tank, preferably from a known low-mileage car to give us a fighting
   chance of getting it right this time.
   THANKS!
   Mike