15 replies to this topic

[minibarn17]

Has anyone ever put a petrol tank from another car in a classic mini in order to have more space in the boot. For example I wondered if you could sink a petrol tank into the boot floor so you don't have the big tank at the side.

[nicklouse]

and then where are you going to put the spare wheel?

[minibarn17]

Don't need a spare wheel

[cooperdan]

Tyre foam baby...

[nicklouse]

Tyre foam baby...

Does not fix all flats. So you need to pay for that breakdown cover.

Don't need a spare wheel

Correct they why not mention it.

where are you putting you battery?

And how are you dealing the the exhaust?

[Lincsminbin]

Something along these lines? http://www.conceptra...-tank-7-gallon/

 

You have a limited amount of space in the boot of the old minbin, not a lot you can do about that.  Removing the spare would gain some space, but I think the original design of the fuel tank, hugging the wheel arch is pretty efficient as it is.

 

Perhaps a funky roof rack for those occasions where the boot just won't do?

[rally1380]

Dumping the spare wheel is stupid.

 

Dumping the spare wheel and fitting one of those alloy tanks is even stupidererer.

 

Best bet would be to fit the smaller 5.5 gallon tank if you want to free up boot space - as Lincsminbin mentioned above the standard design is be far the most space efficient. After all the mini is a masterpiece of space saving design. but you will have limited range.

 

If you want a mini, with more bootspace - buy an estate or a van....fuel tanks are underneath on them.

[Burnard]

If you made it correctly (< THIS BIT IS IMPORTANT) you could have one under the back seat where a lot of people fit speakers. This is also where most modern cars have them fitted anyway.

 

I never have anything in that space, never found it useful for much other than holding speakers.

[Vinay-RS]

What about the tank from the panel vans and estates. They don't use the standard tank right?

[Gadgets]

Buy a van!

[Vinay-RS]

or a pickup, they have loads of boot space

[Cooperman]

The boot was always too small, like the rest of the car. That's why it's called a 'Mini'  . The clue is in the name!

When I found the Mini too small, in about 1966, I bought a Mk.1 Cortina GT.

Putting the petrol tank inside the car would be very unsafe. It won't go under the boot floor like a pick-up because there is insufficient length in the car.

If the boot is too small to be acceptable it is better to buy a different & bigger classic car than to spend a lot of money trying to get a small bit of extra space.

[Spider]

Have a look at some of the fuel tanks for boats, there are even some soft types that defalte as the fuel is used. I don't know how road legal they would be though.

[Curley]

The problem with the original petrol tank is the filler neck is outside the car and have a habit of sheering off in a roll over. Car's today must have the filler neck within the body of the car for just this reason.

 

The later standard unit is good if you want to add capacity/range to a road car. While not strictly needed a spare wheel is very useful to have in a road car/rally car. 

 

I fitter a 16 US Gallon Jaz fuel cell to my car:

 

[Mini Manannán]

Someone on here mentioned that they've pit Hillman Imp tanks in a few minis.  They fit under the floor within the subframe apparently.