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The indian petrol tank saga.
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<blockquote data-quote="daevideo" data-source="post: 47043" data-attributes="member: 2399"><p>Well, well well well. I think I'm partly responsible. I'm Indian born in Birmingham and I own a Vincent here in the UK and another in India. This looks a replica of a Velo tank I bought in Sunderland. I went to India with 2 Brough tanks ss80 and Brough Alpine and AJS 7R and possibly a Dick Emery Norton Ton up boy special - and a Panther M20 all in my luggage along with this Velocette. They guy I was bringing the tanks for wanted to see if he can make Brough tanks and the rest were stuff I scored for him on eBay. The Panther tank is one of my favourites and was a pattern supplied by a good friend who knew the Velo man. I'm really very pleased that the Velo replica from my Sunderland source is quite good. I will be totally honest. The quality in India is variable. Some items are a disgrace, but luckily I have to go back for family reasons and so long as you tell the fabricators exactly what is required then some of the craftsmen are excellent. The Brough tanks which were made were shocking. I know how important it is to have the item made right. So if anyone asks me about the quality of INdian items I say - I don't trust them so long as I'm there to crack the whip because I'm probably unique in being able to bridge the gap of understanding which is required. The Vincent tanks I have seen so far are all wanting. I'm working with someone who I will allow to have access to my UFM. Most of the INdian Vincent C series tank replica are badly made as they have no idea what a UFM looks like or they need rubber grommets of an exact size to work. The Vincent design is very subtle. The worst thing to do is to pressure test with water INSIDE the tank.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="daevideo, post: 47043, member: 2399"] Well, well well well. I think I'm partly responsible. I'm Indian born in Birmingham and I own a Vincent here in the UK and another in India. This looks a replica of a Velo tank I bought in Sunderland. I went to India with 2 Brough tanks ss80 and Brough Alpine and AJS 7R and possibly a Dick Emery Norton Ton up boy special - and a Panther M20 all in my luggage along with this Velocette. They guy I was bringing the tanks for wanted to see if he can make Brough tanks and the rest were stuff I scored for him on eBay. The Panther tank is one of my favourites and was a pattern supplied by a good friend who knew the Velo man. I'm really very pleased that the Velo replica from my Sunderland source is quite good. I will be totally honest. The quality in India is variable. Some items are a disgrace, but luckily I have to go back for family reasons and so long as you tell the fabricators exactly what is required then some of the craftsmen are excellent. The Brough tanks which were made were shocking. I know how important it is to have the item made right. So if anyone asks me about the quality of INdian items I say - I don't trust them so long as I'm there to crack the whip because I'm probably unique in being able to bridge the gap of understanding which is required. The Vincent tanks I have seen so far are all wanting. I'm working with someone who I will allow to have access to my UFM. Most of the INdian Vincent C series tank replica are badly made as they have no idea what a UFM looks like or they need rubber grommets of an exact size to work. The Vincent design is very subtle. The worst thing to do is to pressure test with water INSIDE the tank. [/QUOTE]
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