does anyone have photos of installed center fill, fuel tank/cell in a speedster and pertinent info about them and where I can get one. I've seen them in spyders and a few speedsters, with the filler cap protruding slightly thru the hood.
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Talk to Greg at Vintage Motorcars in Stanton California. He normally builds Spyders but can do a Speedster hood or sell the parts.
These any help...
That is a very cool custom tank. I have pics of it in mid build stored in the computer if anyone wants to see them. I think there'd be a lot of fuel slosh (and wastage) when close to full out the breather line, though. If it was run up over the hood hinges (with a loop in the middle) and back down into a fenderwell there probably wouldn't ever be any gas smell either, and a cheap plastic fuel filter near the open end would keep moisture out, I think...Al
Alb I've never had a problem with the breather even on a full tank. The breather is a one way valve located just behind the filler to the highest point of the tank. You can just make it out in the picture, although it hasn't got anything connected to it in the picture. The black pipe comes of the rain tray to drain any water/fuel to the ground. The tank is baffled to aid with the fuel swashing around. So far not had any probs ;-)
Rich
Can't you just modify a stock tank?
That is, a cool tank. More pictures would be great.
Some day I want to get a custom tank in my Spyder, for more capacity and the uber cool factor.
Vintage is supposed to making an aluminum one, but I haven't seen it yet.
That is nice and with twice the fuel capacity.
COOL!
Who made it? I want.
Using the lower half of the VW tank is a good idea. Maybe I'll rethink my idea.
I made it.
Best to utilise the Vw lower tank just so that you don't have to get involved in replacing the boot floor area. This way you will get 80ltr tank. I made a cutout at the back for a brake servo under the skuttle. This robbed me of 5 Ltrs but shouldn't moan. Basically looking at it from the top it has close measurements to a original GT tank.
Best to get yourself a good old second hand tank. The new one's are all shapes and not flat across the bottom half.
Happy to guide you through a build if you have the skills.
I've been looking at speedway,summit etc. thinking of a foam filled fuel cell as a possibility, but the tanks made by ALB and RICHARDMAXWELL, can I say it, cool s#%&!
foolthrottle posted:I've been looking at speedway,summit etc. thinking of a foam filled fuel cell as a possibility, but the tanks made by ALB and RICHARDMAXWELL, can I say it, cool s#%&!
I can't take credit for any of that fine workmanship; my involvement was limited to seeing the pics on this great enterweb thingie, saving them for future reference and then posting for all to see...
Richard's the responsible one; great job! Al
RichardMaxwell posted:These any help...
Yes and those hood hinges and retainer are nice, did you make those as well?
Hood hinges are what came with the body manufacturer. (Chesil)
If your referring to the tank retainer straps then yes l made those also. I also used cork to cushion between the tank and the strap. Not shown in the pictures.
Richard: I think you would LOVE to do one of Wray Schelin's metalworking classes. His shop isn't far from me and I get out there a few times a year, just to see what's going on. You can follow him on Facebook or check out his Proshaper's site HERE
Last time I was there a guy was making a Still for a restaurant/micro-distillery in Worcester (Massachusetts, not England). Working in Copper and Brass, it was something gorgeous to see.
The big things out there right now are someone working on a replica of a Bugatti Atlantic, and someone creating a replica of a very early Alpha from photographs.
Quite the shop, and he has people taking classes from all over the World.
Gordon
I clicked on the link. WOW wouldn't l just, you got me figured out...Think a lot of others would also. What a workshop he as going on there and some fantastic work being created.
Have you done one of his courses yourself?
As much as I would love to take a Pro Shaper course, it's a little out of my budget for a couple of reasons: While you get an amazing amount of knowledge packed into a week or less (Wray almost lives at the place during the courses and "students" are usually there from early morning til Midnight or better), it is a bit expensive for my retiree budget and (2) after the course I would either have to spend a lot of time back there just using the tools (Wray designs and builds his own line of English Wheels and power stretching/shrinking hammers) or move out both of my cars and convert my garage into a metal shop and we all know how much THAT would cost!
Still, I can dream and have the luxury of being close to drop by and see what's up and/or get tips. And I've gotten a lot of encouragement from Wray, even for my rudimentary skills and primitive equipment - my most advanced tool is my 150 pound blacksmith anvil 
But then, Wray usually starts out pounding on a sheet of metal with a nylon hammer, using a slightly concave, hollowed out stump of a hardwood tree (he prefers Ash). I guess those are pretty cheap to get me started.
My best friend from high school, Ron, lives about 20 minutes on the other side of Wray's shop from me and Ron has a 1933 Dodge 5-window coupe hot rod. He needed the unique, compound-curved connecting pieces between the trailing edge of the front fender and the leading edge of the running boards. The only ones he found on-line were $1,000 US each. The cost of the course with Wray was $1,200 and he walked out of the course with better metal-working skills AND a pair of finished connecting pieces - Plus, he can go back and use the equipment as needed in the future. Pretty good deal.
I like the sound that you may go back and use the tools. Even better when you can take your own project in to work on during the coarse.
I did see the stumps scattered around in the pics and love the various home made English wheels. Look pre-historic looking, love it.
Im just trying something different with the engine bay at the moment before l put the engine back in. Here's a taster, going to put some louvres in the side wings to get alittle more air to the carbs. It can only help?? If not it'll look cool???
Very cleanly done, Richard. Kudos.
Very nice!
"Here's a taster, going to put some louvres in the side wings to get alittle more air to the carbs. It can only help??"
Adding more access to the engine compartment always helps...
