I am gonna go look at this boat tomorrow and was wondering if anyone had any info on Wreidt. Did they build good boats? I cant find anything on a bubble deck version of their boats.
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Tanks are still available as "special build/special order" , the tank mounting method always seemed "cheesy" to us but its simply the way it was done on production boats back in the day , there are cleaner better ways available in retrofit
I looked on your site for more info about a special order tank and didn't see any section with tanks. What tank do you have built and what is ballpark cost? What is the cleaner better way to mount a replacement tank? Thanks.
Moving this thread back up in hopes someone who has been there and done that with tank replacement will chime in. TIA.
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Matt , have been busy and just had major surgery so I apologize if I missed your follow up my phone is 805 466 4719 call anytime I take calls 7 days a week Tom
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Call Imco, they made thousands of tanks for all the local builders back in the day, they might even have the patterns for your hull? Lots of builders used that bottom in different lengths, Omega, Hawaiian to name a few off the top of my head.
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I'd like to hear about the DIY tank option you found. The Moeller bow tank listed on their site is too tall to fit under the bow of my Wriedt Maverick.
Anyone else have an old tank from a scrapped Wriedt Maverick?
I checked with IMCO to no avail.
I've got the fiberglass tank cut out of the boat now. Here is what I need...or close to it in size/shape. And there's the boat the tank used to live in. Yes, that's brown metal flake you're seeing there, Rock on.
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Matt, I strongly suggest you call and talk to Tom at JBP.
You are most likely going to need a custom tank fabbed to your size specifications. That is the case for most older boats that can't use a generic tank. They can do that from some basic measurements for size and shape as well as where the fill, sender and draw tube are located. If you have a place local, you can even just drop off the old tank and they will copy it. In areas where there are a lot of boats and boating there are usually local companies that can make you a US CG approved tank. Yes, you definitely want a company that can certify the tank to USCG standards. The cost usually isn't too bad.
Good Luck
You are most likely going to need a custom tank fabbed to your size specifications. That is the case for most older boats that can't use a generic tank. They can do that from some basic measurements for size and shape as well as where the fill, sender and draw tube are located. If you have a place local, you can even just drop off the old tank and they will copy it. In areas where there are a lot of boats and boating there are usually local companies that can make you a US CG approved tank. Yes, you definitely want a company that can certify the tank to USCG standards. The cost usually isn't too bad.
Good Luck
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Like old rigger said Imco is the place to have a USCG approved tank done. They will use your old tank as a template and fabricate a new one. I just had them make me 2 new gunnel tanks using my old ones. They came out perfectly.
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Ok very surprised Imco could not help you out.
Me too. He seemed uninterested in figuring out tanks that would work in such an old boat, or perhaps he doesn't know what tank works in a Wriedt. It's not like Wriedts are that common.
I think he may have shot from the hip with a price, but it was nearly what I'd value the whole boat at, 4 figures. Anyway, it just seemed like Imco didn't have anything that would work for sure.
At some point in the distant past, I spoke with an older gentleman that worked with Jerry Wriedt in the 70's building boats. He advised me to look for tanks from a Southwind. Assuming that's because they share a lower hull half?
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Hmm that's very odd because Imco builds custom tanks of all shapes and sizes. Did you tell them that you have the old tank for them to use as a template for building a new one. Cannot really understand why they were not interested.
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Take your old tank to an aluminum fab shop and have one made. There should be someone in your area that can do it.
Take your old tank to an aluminum fab shop and have one made. There should be someone in your area that can do it.
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Found you another place for custom marine tanks. American Tanks in La Mesa might be worth giving them a call. Phone# 619-462-4076 I'am assuming they build USCG approved tanks. Hope this helps.
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i have a 1975 wreidt maverick the tank is leaking on also. The boat is new to me wish i would of known about this problem before i bought it. wont know where untill floor dries out so i can crawl up and have a look
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