Buying used tanks for bikes of this age can be a crap shoot at best, I've bought more than my share over the yrs, having someone give you a lead on a good tank is helpful but no guarantee either (been there). My advice (just mine, you can do as you please) is every used tank is never worth more than $150, so always get it for the lowest possible price, ya still have to recondition the thing and believe it or not, its not a cheap endeavor these days (even decent rattlecan paint is getting up there), and that doesn't even recognize whether or not you have the skill or abilities (or the necessary equipment) to take on such a task.
I'm saying you shouldn't or can't, but understand what you're signing up for, it's a process/journey to learn how to do it correctly. Nothing worse than dumping $400+ dollars down on a tank and repaint and graphics and then looking at the finished product and thinkin, "that could have gone better."
