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Back on the tank theme, I have looked carefully at my tank and it is indeed an FIA FT3 tank - imagine my relief, then I looked more closely to see that it is stamped "supplied to B.L. cars March 1980" - which is great as it adds to the provenence of the car (being 'works')- However it has started to leak so I called the manufacturer only to find out the following, most of you probably know this but for those who didn't - (and I am one of the ignorant ones.) It is illegal for the manufacturer to repair them although they can sell you a repair kit (a patch and some foul smelling and very dangerous glue) but most interesting of all is that if your tank is more than 7 years old it is deemed obsolete and if a scrutineer sees it he should not let you race. Mine is, or rather was, 24 years old - OMG - it is now out never to return! So the race is on to get a new one made and in by Rockingham, realistically.......that's if I can scrape together the very large price tag...........
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