[smg1dav]

71 with US slimline tank.Has strap across bottom.

I had leak at base of mounting tube, took it to a radiator repairer, they pressure tested and sealed it up using solder or lead type process.

I’d then refurbished tank by stripping those stupid paint liners inside, etching/de-rusting inside, and fully respraying. paint job was quickly wrecked by high octane fuel spilling out a cheap repro fuel cap after my original went flying off on a highway and was never seen again…

Hi, why did the fuel ruin the paint?

 

[broganh]

Hi, why did the fuel ruin the paint?

Not sure if it was the type of paint or the high octane fuel or a combo of both. My mate who’s a surfboard shaper sprayed it for me. I didn’t go for a superb paint job, it was a pretty quick one (tank was terrible and primer grey/bog before do anything was an improvement)… some pics in my members thread in signature

 

[speedrattle]

hey

just so more information is here for people in the future, my april 1972 T120RVDG . . . has the strap