+- Austinsevenfriends (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum)
+-- Forum: Austin Seven Friends Forum (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Forum chat... (https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=14)
+--- Thread: BESPOKE PETROL TANK (/showthread.php?tid=1589)
Pages:
1
2
BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Martin Prior - 16-08-2018
BESPOKE PETROL TANK.
Good morning, all.
Our current project to build a late Ruby AVK van for a customer is being held up by the lack of a petrol tank. Unfortunately, anyone who has one needs it for their own schemes.
We've decided that the only solution is to get one made and I'm now looking for some competitive tenders. Does anyone have any recommendations for firms that can do this work?
The AVK tank is an oddity. It's the same width as a standard Ruby unit, but is a lot shallower, with a greater front-to-back length and a nearside filler pipe. Does anyone out there actually have one that they don't need?
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Derek Sheldon - 16-08-2018
Sounds like a job for Mr Goodfellow
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Motor-Mouse - 16-08-2018
Where they fabricated from tin plate with soldered joints, or steel and welded? A fairly simple looking tank, but a lot more hours in fabricating one than one would expect I'm sure....
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Mike Costigan - 16-08-2018
That's the sort of thing most decent radiator specialists will be able to produce. Three years ago Mansfield Radiators made me a new petrol tank for my 1914 Saxon; admittedly they used the fittings from the old tank, but it cost just £120 for something rather different in design, but probably of similar complexity (a fairly simple shape with two internal baffles).
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Jeff Taylor - 16-08-2018
I'm not sure about Austin, but Morris Motors fabricated their petrol tanks in the 1930's from Terne Plate - a thin steel sheet coated on both sides with an alloy of lead and tin in the ratio 10% to 20% tin and the remainder lead - this coating allowed the tank fabrication to be easily soldered together and provide a rust proof interior once complete. As far as I'm aware Terne Plate is still available from specialist steel stockholders.
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Peter Johnson - 16-08-2018
FWIW, zintec steel is fairly easily soldered.
Peter
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Motor-Mouse - 16-08-2018
(16-08-2018, 12:37 PM)Jeff Taylor Wrote: I'm not sure about Austin, but Morris Motors fabricated their petrol tanks in the 1930's from Terne Plate - a thin steel sheet coated on both sides with an alloy of lead and tin in the ratio 10% to 20% tin and the remainder lead - this coating allowed the tank fabrication to be easily soldered together and provide a rust proof interior once complete. As far as I'm aware Terne Plate is still available from specialist steel stockholders.
Yupp, thats it Jeff, so the joints were just sweated together to form a perfect seal, and as you say to help prevent corrosion, to a degree.... Its not cheap sheet anymore, due to the cost of base materials, but quite nice to work with...
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Viteran - 16-08-2018
It may be worth checking with Tony at 7 counties Austin’s, I think he may have some petrol tanks
Ian
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Duncan Grimmond - 16-08-2018
think that Terne plate went out of manufacture completely about 30 years ago? I could do you steel or even a brass one!
RE: BESPOKE PETROL TANK - Robert Foreman - 16-08-2018
Beautiful piece of work Duncan, I'm glad there are still some real craftsmen around.