Warbird Information Exchange

Hi Forum! First post....

Can anyone help me identify what type of aircraft this tank is from?

Briefly it is a flat oval in shape, about 19 inches long, 4 1/2 inches deep and 11 inches wide. It has a tap in one corner and a bacolite filler on the top edge.

Theres a plate welded to the side that says

WINDSCREEN DE-ICING FLUID TANK
TANK PART NO. 64882-1
TANK CAPACITY 2.25 GALLONS
INSPECTION APP. WSM. VA.33

All of the bolts holding various covers and outlets onto the tank have a locking wire running through them and the bacolite filler cap has a dipstick attatched to it marking out gallons.

The tank is made from aluminium and is painted an olive drab colour.

Ive been told that its American and came from an air crash in suffolk, but i really have no idea if this is true. Can any forum members help me?

I dont know how to post pictures on this forum, but I will as soon as I find out.


Somone will tell me its from a 1978 cortina now!

Tim

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Heres the picture, I hope this link works!

Actually Tim, from a Ford Pinto..The Vesuvius Special Edition. This tank
was mounted between the rear bumper and gas tank....hope this helps!
I'll get me coat...

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...sorry Tim, no seriously..Did you ever perform a "volume test" in order
to determine whether it was measured in Imperial or US Gallon standards?
How about thread pitch and cut of the fasteners?

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"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

Hey,

what is with the 2 piece post?

Are you trying to get the post count up quicker?

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Hi again, No I didnt do the volume test, as I dont have anything in the house that measures gallons! Im still looking to try though. As for the fasteners, all the fasteners are wirelocked and I dont want to disturb them. I could try the filler cap, but I dont have anything to compare it with.

And yes, I am trying to get the thread count up quicker,

*bump*

Tim, if you have a milk bottle you can do the measurement.... it'll just take a little longer. The milk bottles in England are a British Imperial pint, right? There are 8 pint's to a gallon (in the US or England). You can do the measurement in one of two ways. 1: Fill the milk bottle with water and count the number of times it takes to fill the tank. or. 2: Fill the tank, and count the number of milk bottles you can fill with its contents. It's pretty simple.

Let us know the results.

Cheers. Richard

Tim

Weigh the tank empty. Fill with water. Weigh the tank again.
Full weight minus empty weight = weight of water.
1 english pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter. 8 english pints to an imperial gallon. (i.e. 1 imperial gallon of water weighs 10 pounds.) This will give volume of tank in imperial gallons.

Needle.

One gallon is 8 pounds.

1 imperial gallon is based on the volume of 10 pounds of distilled water weighed in air with the mercury at 30 inches and an air temperature of 65 degrees F.

1 liquid US gallon is equivalent to .833 imperial gallons, which means that 1 liquid US gallon weighs 8.33 pounds.

<-----moron who nearly failed trig and dropped out of precalc.