For sale: XT500 & 550 Acerbis tank

[Jimmie]

I've got a plastic tank for the XT500 and 550, branded Acerbis and should hold about 20l of gas, give or take. Bought it thinking I could fit it to my 55W but it proved a futile effort. And now since I'm getting rid of all my XT parts and the bike as well the tank is going too.
Now since this seems like an odd item I thought I'd post it up here. It's in good condition but not as white as when brand new, more yellowish, comes with fuel cap and two petcocks.

I have no pictures of the actual tank available because the tank itself is at my fathers workshop up in Sweden and I live in Denmark. So for the purpose of illustrating the looks I shamelessly stole some pictures I found on the internet. They are to be found here: http://s2.beta.photobucket.com/user/coj ... ry/xt_tank
And please note that my tank is nowhere close to the white colour shown in the above pictures, as mentioned above, yellow is closer to the truth.

I'll be going up there for Christmas, and could very well provide pictures of the actual tank if desired.

Should you want this piece of plastic I'd be glad to consider any offer given, providing that it covers the postage costs at the very least.
I think I remember paying about £45, if my memory haven't let me down completely.
As for postage I have absolutely no clue but inside the EU I'd make a wild guess of about £20 (sticking with GBP for no apparent reason). Of course I'll look into P&P costs should anyone be interested.

If you are interested and I don't seem to respond to PMs or in this thread (which I should but I don't always remember to log in) you're welcome to try my e-mail being jjo at dca dot dk

[Jimmie]

I managed to take a few photos of the actual tank, yellow tint and all.



If you can guess the make and model of the blue car in the background, I'll make you a special price.

The rest of the photos can be found here: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/cojniz/xt_tank/

[Mezo]

Its 1971 Volvo 1800E "Sportcoupe"

At first i thought it was a Jensen & then read the early ones were actually assembled by Jensen & prone to rusting.

Fuck im clever.

Mezo.

[Jimmie]

That's exceptionally well spotted and what really baffles me is that you're right about the year. It's a '71 P1800E.

The E (for injection) model was launced in '70 and ended in production in '72. How did you guess the correct year, pure luck or is there a clue in the picture I'm unaware of?
The Jensen built ones were named P1800, the later ones when production moved to Sweden got an additional S (for Sweden) and later on the E and ES were added.

[marcm]

A blast from the past,one of my first jobs when left school,taking engine out of a p1800....it was rusty even back then..

[Mezo]

Its not so baffling, i looked at your other pictures of the car in your photobucket account & matched that to one on Google image.





Mezo.

[Jimmie]

Its not so baffling, i looked at your other pictures of the car in your photobucket account & matched that to one on Google image.

Mezo.

haha, well that makes sense then.

[Mezo]

Its not so baffling, i looked at your other pictures of the car in your photobucket account & matched that to one on Google image.

Mezo.

haha, well that makes sense then.

Hey at least im honest Jimmie, i could have bullshitted a good story there.

Mezo.

[Jimmie]

Now that I know the truth, I think I'd rather have the story version. It would have spooked me a lot more.

[Mezo]

Barn find 1971 Volvo 1800E on ebay UK

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201091988247? ... 6870188209

Give you an idea of its current value.

Mezo.