65 911 fuel tank "sombrero"

[preS]

Good morning
still seeking info on a '64 '65 '66 car reproduction gas tank
"deskpad" or Sombrero.
Anyone tried anything new in the interim of thread posts to report?
Thanks!
Peter

We too. Anything out there?

Richard

[doigthom]

Purchased the tank in the first picture from a member here. Said to be a '67. When received the sender was dated '67 confirming correct build date for tank. Tank had a sombrero on it. Thought that perhaps it was an earlier tank with a later sender. However the second tank below is for sale on the 912BBS and is also listed a a '67. It appears to have a sombrero/desk pad. Leads me to conclude that sombreros were also on '67 tanks also which would comport with the PET which says "-68". Wider market for anybody who comes up with the solution.

[preS]

Sombrero’s are only on painted fuel tanks,

The tank above has just undercoating?

BTW I talked to Franz about it just recently and there is more to it than just a sombrero on the tank, it is also partly on the cross member and it needs to be molded to fit before it’s “glued” on.

Richard

[doigthom]

Started this thread when tank arrived. Never followed up on much thinking tank was probably a '66 with a replacement sender from a '67 since it had a sombrero. concluded sombreros staped in '66 from all of the above discussion. Close up of chipped edge would lead me to believe just a painted tank (white?) with sombrero applied and then entirely undercoated.


https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...44#post1098444

[moito]

Sombrero’s are only on painted fuel tanks,

so it is..and the 68 fuel tank is anyway a different animal

[John Straub]

Still would like to see these remade for the '64 and '65 cars.

John

[718RSK]

Sombrero’s are only on painted fuel tanks,

The tank above has just undercoating?

BTW I talked to Franz about it just recently and there is more to it than just a sombrero on the tank, it is also partly on the cross member and it needs to be molded to fit before it’s “glued” on.

Richard

Richard, does this mean the piece was installed after the tank was mounted in the car?

[haul]

….pictures #57, #60
will tell the story..

[preS]

Richard, does this mean the piece was installed after the tank was mounted in the car?

Yes.

Haul does your car not have the grey tank w original sombrero / remains? I saw it on a car recently and think it was yours?

Richard

[doigthom]

Most of the pictures I keep in my '67 Targa library illustrate gas tanks that have been painted over with what looks to be a colored undercoating (wavy and thick). Thus I am assuming this was factory application. As such that would mean the sombrero was in place and then painted over with that paint/undercoat. That would leave a "tongue on the front of the tank that would have been glued down after installing tank if Haul's supposition is correct. Or by '67 had that procedure changed? In point of fact why have the sombrero at all if you are just going to paint over it? Thought its original purpose was to keep the spare from sliding around.