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| Steve Magnusson (Stevemagnusson)
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Peter -- I'm not talking about the "foam" mounting pads that are in your picture and go against the firewall. My ex-'78 had some ~1/8" thick "rubber" pads bonded to the tanks (but under the textured coating) in various "exposed" places. I think these could have been added to the later air-injection cars, and therefore, are not present on your '75. Steve M. | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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Those little beige squares are the pads on these tanks. I guess that GTS' have different pads. Thanks for the tips. You'll be seeing "after" photos in the future (as well as other photos during the rebuild). | ||
| SteveMagnusson
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Peter -- I think you'll be very pleased with the results. I must confess I had a twinge of pride when the buyer looked under the bonnet and said: "wow, great condition on the tanks" before driving away in my ex-308GTS. You'll need to pick the really loose stuff off, but I tried to leave as much of the original material as possible and then build up the various bare spots to the original level with the undercoating material before covering the whole tank in a thin layer of the undercoating material to ensure a uniform surface appearance. I recall also having to reglue some insulating pad(s) (before recoating) -- I don't see them in your photo so maybe a GT4 is different or they're just hidden from view. Steve M. | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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I'll look into both products. The idea is to have it look as original as possible. Any combination of textures and paints I'll consider as long as it looks good. Seems to me that this stuff is "metallised", very flaky and doesn't stick too well to the tank. | ||
| Steve Magnusson (Stevemagnusson)
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Peter -- I used a paintable, textured Wurth spray undercoating product followed by a high heat silver/aluminum paint to touch-up/restore my ex-308GTS tanks. Steve M. | ||
| CraigFL
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I've been wondering about the use of some of the new products made to protect pickup truck beds like "rhino lining" and "gator lining" in applications like this. It looks to be a very durable coating for parts like this and now readily available. Unless of course you need to have it original.... | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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I pulled out the gas tanks yesterday and can't figure out what this wrinkled coating is on it. They're quite dirty and a few spots are chipped so I'm thinking of repainting them entirely, or just the flaked-off areas. Anyone know what this stuff is? I know that it has insulative properties because when I brought them to work to steam clean them, I could place my bare palm on the side of the tank (and yet our steamers run at 200°F, enough to burn yourself quickly!). Here's some photos if you're curious: Both tanks together:  Sinistra tank, top corner. The fuel sending unit hole is to the left of the picture, covered in duct tape:  |