Heisenburg spent some time measuring, levelling and measuring again –  then – we’d spent enough time staring at it so out came the grinder

Cut all the sh1t off . The previous owner had  put the hard tail on then realised that they couldn’t get a grinder in to clean it so had left a jagged bracket on – now sorted!

This is how the hard tail had been fixed on – one inch pipe wacked into the standard frame then some weld thrown at it  from 50 feet

Tank bolt.

Trim up the jagged edges

Cardboard templates drawn onto some offcut (waste not want not)

Then welded into place

Much tidier!

Tank mounted

Heisenburg thought this’d be a nice retaining nut………. nut!

Kept the frame supports until we know how the back end will look.