Wilsons Sandbox

Dave, I purchased one from Moss Motors. It's not installed yet, but the overall quality appears to be virtually identical. Rick Storms TC's 6776, 8320 -----Original Message----- From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of davjak@aol.com Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 8:37 AM To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [mg-tabc] TC Gas tank repairs After inspecting the gas tank of a recently purchased parts car, I have realized the gas (petrol) tank is probably not worth repairing- many previous bodged repairs.. Has any one used the one Moss/Abingdon sells? Is the reproduced item correct in fit and shape? Anyone have one for sale? Thanks, Dave in NY [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links

davjak@aol.com wrote:

>......Has any one used the one Moss/Abingdon sells? Is the reproduced item correct >in fit and shape? > >

After years of patching the original tank up we finally purchased, painted, and installed a new tank from Moss about three months ago. As I recall, Abington didn't have one in their inventory at the time and Moss only had the one I purchased in stock back then. I believe it was just under $1 K delivered, up a few hundred from the price in an OLD catalog. The tank was fine in all respects except one. The clearance between the spare tire mount and the back of the tank was so small the fuel quantity sending assembly could not be fitted properly. We simply replaced it with a flat plate. I normally use the odometer reading for refueling needs so the loss of the warning light was not a problem. We could have played some games with the tire mount and rectified this clearance issue but that would have been far more work than it was worth to me as the car is a daily driver, not a showboat. It would take a very keen eye to even notice it. Best Regards, Lindsey Parsons Spring lake , NJ TC # 4771

Dave: If you order a new tank, check it out immediately when you get it. I made the mistake of ordering a new tank from Abingdon Spares a couple years before I would try to install it. It had been sourced from England but the builder could not have used a TC as its model. The dimensions were almost but not quite right. It was too deep front to back, the fuel level sensor was too high (resulting in contact with the spare tire holder), the angle of the base plates where they set on the frame was wrong, --- and it leaked. I had to give up and go back and repair the tank the Abingdon factory put on the car in 1948. It works. Richard Fritz, TC6649, Longmont Colorado

----- Original Message ----- From: davjak@aol.com> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:36 AM Subject: [mg-tabc] TC Gas tank repairs > After inspecting the gas tank of a recently purchased parts car, I have > realized the gas (petrol) tank is probably not worth repairing- many previous > bodged repairs.. > Has any one used the one Moss/Abingdon sells? Is the reproduced item correct > in fit and shape? > Anyone have one for sale? > Thanks, > Dave in NY > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >

Dave - I have an original TB/TC spare tank in for a new (guarenteed for life) interior coating Don't know exactly what the repair cost will be but it should be finished by the end of the month if you want to wait that long I can let you know. Mine had about 12 pin holes in it. mick davjak@aol.com wrote: After inspecting the gas tank of a recently purchased parts car, I have realized the gas (petrol) tank is probably not worth repairing- many previous bodged repairs.. Has any one used the one Moss/Abingdon sells? Is the reproduced item correct in fit and shape? Anyone have one for sale? Thanks, Dave in NY [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]