A new Quest has appeared, on the way to the west yorkshire camp earlier in the year my spitfire petrol tank decided to give up the battle against ethanol fuels even after using sealer it gave up, the seams were splitting in front of my eyes and a constant drip of petrol or whatever it is dripped on the engine and more worrying my leg
many thanks to all who helped stem the flow but in the end i gave up and borrowed a thunderbolt tank to get me home
well this leads me to my new quest
1. seal again ? don't think this is ever going to work satisfactory
2.buy indian tank ? possible Just under £300 with a few concerns of fit .
3. make one?? well have some steel sheet, have dolly and hammer, have welder ,have blind faith

Next a bit of tank, first attempt was going to be two half sides but for a first attempt at steel forming this was a bit difficult so decided on three sections top and two sides Had to make a tucking fork to shrink the metal as you can only stretch it so much then it gets thin
the idea is to make a tuck in the steel then work the metal in on itself with a hammer picked up a cast iron wheel and a pillar block bearing which has a radius on it and made a frame
Then its all about wheeling back and forth trying to wheel out the tuck marks well thats all for the moment lots to do