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<blockquote data-quote="van Ginneke" data-source="post: 46579" data-attributes="member: 375"><p><strong>Ariel tank from India</strong></p><p></p><p>I have bought a 1951/52 VH500 Ariel tank from India, from a guy calling himself 'sunny' and his e-mail name is Parvinder Ahuja.</p><p>I think he has more then one company or more likely; they all know each other !</p><p>The Ariel tank looks like a Ariel tank from a distance, despite having a lenghty e-mails discussion about it, in the end they just did what they wanted to do.....</p><p>They changed some details from their initial offering but the 4 tankmountings where ± 3 cm out of place making the tank to sit further back.</p><p>At least all four holes are together in this! </p><p>The filler hole is to small to take the cap and the 'banjonet' tags inside the filler mouth are way to large.</p><p>All these things I can rectify as the metal is very thick, so they do not present a real problem to me.</p><p>Looking at the tank from the front shows that where a original tank is nicely rounded all the way to the bottom seam the India one is slab sided.</p><p>Nevertheless with the unavailability of good 500cc Ariel tanks it's a reasonable alternative.</p><p>Price all in on my doorstep was ± 260,- Euro.</p><p>They also sell them chromed, but you can't change much ofcourse without damaging the chrome.</p><p></p><p>Vincent</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="van Ginneke, post: 46579, member: 375"] [b]Ariel tank from India[/b] I have bought a 1951/52 VH500 Ariel tank from India, from a guy calling himself 'sunny' and his e-mail name is Parvinder Ahuja. I think he has more then one company or more likely; they all know each other ! The Ariel tank looks like a Ariel tank from a distance, despite having a lenghty e-mails discussion about it, in the end they just did what they wanted to do..... They changed some details from their initial offering but the 4 tankmountings where ± 3 cm out of place making the tank to sit further back. At least all four holes are together in this! The filler hole is to small to take the cap and the 'banjonet' tags inside the filler mouth are way to large. All these things I can rectify as the metal is very thick, so they do not present a real problem to me. Looking at the tank from the front shows that where a original tank is nicely rounded all the way to the bottom seam the India one is slab sided. Nevertheless with the unavailability of good 500cc Ariel tanks it's a reasonable alternative. Price all in on my doorstep was ± 260,- Euro. They also sell them chromed, but you can't change much ofcourse without damaging the chrome. Vincent [/QUOTE]
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