From: | Barry Brown | e-mail: | oldmill@kingston.net |
Subject: | RE: Deluxe short tanks | Date: | Mon Oct 15 20:48:01 2012 |
Response to: | 4316 |
Great idea to make tanks . Here's a crazy suggestion. Why not make a Deluxe tank as cast aluminum? You probably saw the way Markus made his Crocker cast tanks , simpler than steel. Painted up they could be indistinguishable from steel and 100 times better, after all that's probably what Schwinn thought when they made the KJ tanks ( and Crocker and Indian too) Then you would have something unique to market and not made in Indonesia or wherever all that stuff comes from. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Does anybody have any interest in repop Deluxe fuel tanks? I have been approached about this and I too wonder if it would be feasable. Those old tanks are getting hard to find and what is out there is rotten junk mostly. That guy I see at the swap meets get around 1200 for those nice Harley ones. If done the original deep drawing way, the tooling to pound out the sides is going to be dear. Another tool for the nose piece would need to be done also. Then of course the other fiddly parts and then final assembly. Any input on this would be greatly appreciated. |