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Offline joe p

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Gas Tank
« on: February 12, 2016, 11:15:45 AM »
Maybe someone can help me.  What would a Fiberglass gas tank like this sale for. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,120541.0.htmlhttp://
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Offline gschuld

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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2016, 11:29:39 AM »
Fiberglass copy of a cb750 k tank?

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Offline joe p

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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2016, 11:39:41 AM »
Yes, but it's a drag racing tank and it has Pingel gas petcocks in it.
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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2016, 12:17:54 PM »
Joe,

It's a very cool time piece.  For those that do not know this, several suppliers sold fiberglass versions of OEM fuel tanks for the drag racing crowd running in the early Pro Stock class back in the 70s.  Rules then required many of the factory defining features to remain visually identical to the factory parts, so the bikes did not losee brand identity on the track.

Fiberglass front and rear fenders, seat pan, and of course fuel tanks were made to look like the originals, yet be lighter for racing.  I'm not sure about a value though...  it's certainly not going to be interesting to the street bike crowd, since ethanol laced fuel will break down the resin in short order.  But for a dedicated racer who wants to keep the factory k model look and run proper race gas, very cool.  I'd be curious how much lighter that tank is than stock.  I have a vintage Dunstall glass tank that is just BARELY lighter than the OEM steel tank.  If you have a scale to weight the glass tank, I'll weigh a factory steel k model tank.


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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2016, 12:24:33 PM »
you can line these tanks with caswell,I have a fibreform tank that will get this treatment.billp
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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2016, 12:37:30 PM »
It won"t read on my scale. I pick up a 5lb weight and then a 10lb. No way it's 10lb maybe 6lb and that is with the two pingel petcock.
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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2016, 02:19:00 PM »
I was trying to read this tag in the fiberglass and i can read a zip code IN 46327 maybe i can find who made it. It looks like a W,M are N----- Fiberglass & racing part.
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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2016, 07:20:30 PM »
FRP....fiberglass racing parts .....was in Indiana. They were the big supplier of drag race glass in the 80's that is what that tank looks like.  Before that in the 70's it was Watson Fiberglass.  And Camber in Cali that R.C. sold.   Now Baisley sells the parts. I think I heard the same molds went from Watson to FRP to Baisley.  Seems like the old drag race glass tanks are not any more valuable that a steel stocker.
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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2016, 03:41:12 AM »
That is what it looks like, Watson fiberglass & Racing part.

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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2016, 02:38:53 PM »
FRP....fiberglass racing parts .....was in Indiana. They were the big supplier of drag race glass in the 80's that is what that tank looks like.  Before that in the 70's it was Watson Fiberglass.  And Camber in Cali that R.C. sold.   Now Baisley sells the parts. I think I heard the same molds went from Watson to FRP to Baisley.  Seems like the old drag race glass tanks are not any more valuable that a steel stocker.
the pingel taps are most likely worth more than the tank,given that they do not deal with modern fuels well.billp
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Re: Gas Tank
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2016, 02:49:19 PM »
The only fuel I ran in it was 114 VP.