Schwinn Stirngay occ gas tank
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dragray
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get yourself a gas tank from a jesse james west coast choppers bike (sold at k-mart a few years back).
weld all the holes and seams closed, cut a hole for a cap, (I made my gas cap) make gas line outlets and paint it & your in business. I took it one step further by grinding down a big weld that runs across the front of the tank. I smoothed it out and re-shaped the front of the tank.
that's what i did.
I picked up one of these tanks off e-bay for $10.00 and I have about 40 hours of work in it including the body work, paint job, wetsanding and buffing. This is the third paint job that i've put on this tank.
what i started with.
what It looks like now.
weld all the holes and seams closed, cut a hole for a cap, (I made my gas cap) make gas line outlets and paint it & your in business. I took it one step further by grinding down a big weld that runs across the front of the tank. I smoothed it out and re-shaped the front of the tank.
that's what i did.
I picked up one of these tanks off e-bay for $10.00 and I have about 40 hours of work in it including the body work, paint job, wetsanding and buffing. This is the third paint job that i've put on this tank.
what i started with.
what It looks like now.
BoDean_LP
New Member
I had a Jesse James WCC bike. Too bad somebody stole it right out of my back (FENCE IN!!!) yard. Funny thing though, they left a chrome BMX bike in its place. The BMX was no doubt stolen too. I guess they just wanted to upgrade. Anyway, years later I saw some like 14 year old kid riding MY BIKE down the street. I knew it was mine because I had swapped the back wheel for a purple rim from a girl's bike. There this kid was riding my bike, so I pulled over and called him over to me. He said that his cousin gave it to him, and that he'd had it for a long time. He seemed to be telling the truth, so I just dropped it. Man, I wish I still had that. I'd have a china girl right on it in no time.
dragray
New Member
I don't have any of these tanks. you just have to watch e-bay. they pop up now & then, but they're getting really tough to find.
the only other alternative is to buy a complete jesse james bike just for the tank, but that could get expensive.
here's a jesse james bike that I got awhile back. I did the same thing to the gas tank (except i didn't make it functional). I painted the tank metallic orange laquer & clear coated it.
I added a 24" occ front wheel & tire, re-shaped the seat pan to make the seat lean back a little, added a set of billit aluminum hand grips, and put on a 20" coaster brake rear wheel (mine came with a 20" freewheel that was bent) and a smaller front sprocket to make it super easy to pedal.
I got this bike for $30.00, re-built it, cleaned it, painted the tank and added about $50.00 worth of parts & sold it for $300.00.
LabRat
New Member
jt44 GREEN CALIFFO MOPED GAS TANK awsome ESPECIALLY if your chopper is green like mine or down the page more ROADMASTER GAS TANK
These tanks are new and awsome on your bike they will sit like factory made awsome!
roll down the page a way there are two tanks.
http://custommotoredbicycles.com/pa...es_8_gas_tanks_petcocks_fuel_linefuel_filters
These tanks are new and awsome on your bike they will sit like factory made awsome!
roll down the page a way there are two tanks.
http://custommotoredbicycles.com/pa...es_8_gas_tanks_petcocks_fuel_linefuel_filters