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Old 04-03-2006, 07:45 PM
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Default Looper's for fuel tank restoration

$490 to restore the T's 34-year-old fuel tank. Lot less than a new tank, waaaay easier than DIY, looks great and comes with a lifetime warranty!
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Looks gooder than new! More info on who, what, and where.
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They are a bunch of good ol' boys that specialize in radiators and gas tanks. I used to use them alot when I was running the Land Rover shop in Rockville and at one time replacement radiators were on intergalatic backorder and basically non-existent for the Discoverys and Range Rovers. Loopers was who I used for the recoring. I think Tony K used them for his radiator rebuild as well.

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Rockville MD 20850
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Looks gooder than new! More info on who, what, and where.
Looper Service Center, something called 'Gas Tank Renu'. http://www.loopersc.com/gastank.html
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Gas tanks, radiators, oil coolers, intercoolers, and more.

These guys know their stuff, and do first quality work for reasonable prices.

Michael gave me the reference, and I've sent a bunch of people there since. All very happy with the work and the prices.
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That is cheap considering the time and work involved it took me to redo my tank some time ago. 3 days of grinding, scraping, eching, soldering, sealing, coating and painting.

While we are on the subject. I found an F.A.A. certified oil cooler cleaning co. that does top notch work and is not ridiculous in price. Pulse ultrasonic thermal and chemical cleaning of coolers. I had my stock 912 cooler and a Mocal 19 row done for $30 each. Came back spotless inside and out and vacuum packed in plastic with plugs in the ports. Next day turn around to.

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holy crap! that's expensive....

it's prolly me and i'm still in la-la-land, but i expected a resto to be considerably cheaper. it's the reason i passed on this one. help me out guys, what am i missing? is the one in my link not real porsche part?

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Likely after market. Add shipping and it isn't much cheaper than the resto job.
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Aftermarket and raw. They still need to be coated before you can instal. Still not a bad deal if you have a real bad tank.
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