Australian Belly Tank

[Dr Goggles]

Alright alright alright. Still plodding along here.
The nose cone of the car had been looking pretty shabby, it still looks shabby but that didn't come without some serious effort. The liberal applications of various spray fillers and top coats over the years had cracked back to the metal..the paint was actually thicker than the metal, I had even used a little superglue it looks to secure some deep cracks..
Anyway I spent two and a half hours getting all but the very nose part off (too many bodies buried there) and repainting it....
I also spent a few hours on the attachment. I hammered the countersinking flat and redid it. I went through the bungs/couplers that the machine screws that hold it on go into and then shorted a new bunch of stainless c/sink Allen heads.. I'll put it back on today. The morse cables for the gearshift have been fitted up, adjusted and marked as they need to be completely disassembled to remove.
Fuel tank is done, holds 5.06 US gallons, which is of course 4.27 Imperial gallons OR 4.31 US dry gallons. Personally I, like the overwhelming majority of the great unwashed prefer to use the metric system and in that it comes up as 19 litres, or simply put, the volume of a corny keg ..cheers

[salt27]

It would be really interesting to see a photo of what you've done.

where are the pictures of the car mods???

What they said.   

[Dr Goggles]

It would be really interesting to see a photo of what you've done.

where are the pictures of the car mods???

What they said.   

Don, that would involve using the complicated resizing shenanigans..
Or paying photofuckit.....
Besides with the standard of my work I might as well draw a picture, in crayon, after I've been on the medicinals.

[salt27]

What are you waiting for, take your "medicinals" sharpin your crayon and get after it.   

[Elmo Rodge]

You should have a grown up sharpen the crayon. We don't want you hurting yourself.  :-P
Wayno

[Stainless1]

OK...  I guess I need to intervene here... Let Cassie sharpen your crayon... and dispense your meds... I know none of you are grownups... but at least she is sensible... 
It seems I have a free copy of "old" paint on my computer that resizes... it might do more, but I just use it to resize photos. It might have come with the box... I don't know... Linda might have a copy, should I check and bring one? 
Yes I know that won't help satisfy Don right now, but maybe take the heat off next year

[Stainless1]

or just go here and download free stuff....
https://www.nchsoftware.com/photoeditor/index.html?kw=picture%20resizer%20program&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4sjyBRC5ARIsAEHsELEYtQkxs01WK3uauZmfQ2qZ70yWGTS5lGPgPI8OLh9vbKlMwSEAVw4aAn3qEALw_wcB

[salt27]

Stainless, don't go ruining this, I'm looking forward to the drug induced crayon drawings.   cromag

[Dr Goggles]

Bunch of Philistines, you don't know anything about real art.

[Stainless1]

Bunch of Philistines, you don't know anything about real art.

I don't know about Don, but I was expecting an attachment with that post...

[salt27]

Bunch of Philistines, you don't know anything about real art.

I don't give a dang about "real art", I just want to see the progress on your tank.
And who the heck is Phil Stine anyway.   

[Seldom Seen Slim]

salt27 said:   "...who the heck is Phil Stine anyway".

Phil is the lesser-known brother to that brew-swilling lunk that drinks so much that he's known as "Beer" Stine.

[Dr Goggles]

It's Fill Stein, have to tell you guys everything.....

Today, tomorrow and Sunday I'll be doing more stuff on the car that I won't post pictures of. Massive leaps forward and hopefully not even more massive falls back.....

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I'd be happy to sort through my archive of pics of other racers' builds and send some to you to post (instead).  I don't think anybody would notice.

[Lemming Motors]

I just googlised the Stein family name: you might be surprised how many named their daughter Phyllis.