Scrotal intrusion reduction

Nice work Carlos. When my car shows up I think I will weld a 6AN outlet further forward on the tank before gas ever goes in.

That's some foot love right there.

That looks really good, Carlos. Did you use epoxy or polyester resin? I think I'd use epoxy, it stinks WAY less.

I'm sure I'll have to do some glass repairs on the racecar eventually. I did some small-scale stuff on model airplanes years ago. Same ingredients, different scale.

That's awesome Carlos.  I have size 8 feet.  Even with small feet I still can't wear tennis shoes.  Only driving shoes.  I know Danny drives barefoot.  BTW looks like we may own collectors items since VMC spyders are now out of production.

My feet are size 10.5-11. I have no problem with running shoes, Keen sandals, or barefoot. I can't drive with my Red Wing steel toe/steel shank lineman boots, though.

@LI-Rick If you do that, you'll gain that one gallon of fuel and you can pretty much shave that intrusion. I did clean my tank, but I just didn't want to go that far, this time. I'm not too hip on the VW tank. I would like to make a custom aluminum tank.  I did make a few improvements. I dressed up the fuel sender and made new tank hold down brackets out of some scrap aluminum angle and set some riv nuts for them.

I do have some other ideas for this area. I feel this area is a let down for this car.

@DannyP I used epoxy. I've used it many times on various other things. The inside came out way smoother than the carpet side, but the carpet covered that up. It was a royal PITA working on my back with the epoxy.

I can't even drive my truck with my Georgia lineman boots on. If I ever fell in the river with those things on, someone would have to come get me.

@550 Phil I'll probably still run barefoot, but it would be nice to have a shoe on for the cold months. When I get in the car I step over the door and put my bare right foot on the seat then my left foot goes on the bottom of the dashboard hoop, where it meets the main frame tube, then I lower myself down. I'll open the door to exit though.

To be continued....

“I'll probably still run barefoot, but it would be nice to have a shoe on for the cold months.”

@Jon T posted:

“I'll probably still run barefoot, but it would be nice to have a shoe on for the cold months.”

Wow, those are kinda creepy.

I've used a similar boot for diving.....Once.....They restricted circulation in random areas of my foot and when beach sand intruded, it was very painful.  A standard neoprene boot works pretty well.  I never thought to use them for driving.  perhaps they would work.  The only problem that I can think of is since they are stretchy, they may slide and/or roll around on your foot.  There's only one letter difference here......Bruce

@Carlos G posted:

I do have some other ideas for this area. I feel this area is a let down for this car.

I agree with that 100%. The tank in my car drives me nuts - it's badly shaped, wastes a huge amount of space behind the beam, and takes up way too much of the frunk.