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Post by comstar on Sept 16, 2022 17:30:38 GMT
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Post by comstar on Sept 17, 2022 4:23:20 GMT
I bought this tank today from a Brit bike parts dealer in Austria. I deliberated long and hard over a couple of weeks before buying it. To me the most wonderful looking thing about an A65 from 1965-1970 is the four gallon tank....in my mind it is pure art with the badges and knee pads etc. IMHO the American two and a half gallon tanks make these bikes look like a moped, not a fan.
So I found a company Essex way who state that they can remove the dents, re-chrome and re-paint. I have seen examples of his work. A one stop shop if you like.
Will keep you posted.
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Post by BritPete on Sept 17, 2022 8:10:03 GMT
The tank looks very solid
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Post by comstar on Sept 18, 2022 3:56:51 GMT
The tank looks very solid Absolutely Pete. Looks like a jealous girlfriend (or boyfriend) attacked it circa 1976 and it has been sat in storage since Maybe I should write a few episodes of Midsomer Murders.
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Post by buster on Sept 18, 2022 7:30:15 GMT
The tank looks very solid craftsman made at a guess? rolled out on an english wheel then welded together?
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Post by davefirestorm on Sept 18, 2022 8:34:11 GMT
Will look fantastic in black/chrome Nick.Amazing what these guys can do ie removing dents.Have you not considered an Indian made tank as a cash saving alternative? This place have a few www.classicbikepartscheshire.com/carburettors-fuel-c1/fuel-tanks-c105/bsa-t2. I reckon BSA would have bought the tanks in mass produced by a supplier,even BSA had moved on a bit in the 1960s ( just a bit ) my mate has an English wheel but he doesn’t know how to use it
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Post by comstar on Oct 8, 2022 3:57:02 GMT
Mental that the tank turned up here in the USA (from Austria) a few days ago to the invoice address rather than the shipping address. Apparently the young lass in despatch made an error. God only knows what that cost them. (I only paid 30 EUR to get it to the UK which I though was a fantastic deal). But of course, this leaves me with my own headache.
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Post by BritPete on Oct 8, 2022 8:18:05 GMT
Give the chrome a polish and see how it comes up
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Post by comstar on Oct 27, 2022 2:58:42 GMT
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Post by comstar on Oct 27, 2022 3:05:38 GMT
Duffer, I wish you could offer paintless dent removal on chrome and re-chroming all in your workshop.....if you did you know where all this trouble, I mean job would be heading.
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Post by comstar on Oct 28, 2022 4:50:55 GMT
Cannot help but think this image depicts two elder grey lady's gossiping: Not sure if anyone else see's that, maybe just me.
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Post by BritPete on Oct 28, 2022 8:17:10 GMT
Cannot help but think this image depicts two elder grey lady's gossiping: Not sure if anyone else see's that, maybe just me. Call the doctor
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Post by CTB on Oct 28, 2022 17:34:08 GMT
Not me (wtf is he drinking or smoking in the USA)
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Post by buster on Oct 28, 2022 19:34:57 GMT
Not me (wtf is he drinking or smoking in the USA) california, its legal innit?
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Post by comstar on Oct 28, 2022 23:37:33 GMT
Not me (wtf is he drinking or smoking in the USA) I'm truly amazed you cannot see it.
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