1968 Commando Tank

commando6868 · Mar 6, 2016

Has anyone bought one of these tanks or any from this seller?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NORTON-COMMANDO ... D100276%26

kommando · Mar 6, 2016

In his last 23 feedbacks he has 2 neutral and one bad, total is 30 so not good.

Try

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw= ... k&_sacat=0

In last 762 he has had 4 neutral and 2 bad.

indian-fastback-tanks-t24163.html

billet · Mar 6, 2016

Keep out of those Indian made tank!
My own personal experience.

Sten

Danno · Mar 7, 2016

Looks like fiberglass. I would at least inquire as to if it was made with ethanol-resistant resin.

dynodave · Mar 7, 2016

If you look at the ebay listing and look at the pix and see the rear mount tabs and then look at the pix of the bottom of the tank, it is VERY obvious to me what is it's material of construction.
Metal... probably steel based on the size of the welds.

commando6868 · Mar 8, 2016

Danno said:
Looks like fiberglass. I would at least inquire as to if it was made with ethanol-resistant resin.

I messaged them, they will do steel or aluminum. Yes the welds are a giveaway.
I guess my question is has anyone personally bought one of these tanks, seen it, used it? I would like a 68 commando tank, non FG, the one with the disc depressions. This is the first one I have seen on the market.

MF

Paddy_SP · Mar 9, 2016

I have a new steel Fastback tank here - the one with the badge depressions, but I don't know if it came from the same vendor as you referred to. Unfortunately, I've not used it yet, so all I can say is that it seems quite well made, although it is exceedingly heavy!

commando6868 · Mar 9, 2016

Paddy_SP said:
I have a new steel Fastback tank here - the one with the badge depressions, but I don't know if it came from the same vendor as you referred to. Unfortunately, I've not used it yet, so all I can say is that it seems quite well made, although it is exceedingly heavy!

The Indian seller lists his tank for $310.00 + $95.00 shipping, is yours new and is it in that price range? Do you get it on ebay?
The extra weight won't matter on a powerful Commando!

MF

commando6868 · Mar 10, 2016

kommando said:
In his last 23 feedbacks he has 2 neutral and one bad, total is 30 so not good.

Try

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw= ... k&_sacat=0

In last 762 he has had 4 neutral and 2 bad.

indian-fastback-tanks-t24163.html

strange looking tank, looks like
it has a tunnel thru from one side to the other where the badge depression should be?

MF

Paddy_SP · Mar 10, 2016

commando6868 said:
Paddy_SP said:

I have a new steel Fastback tank here - the one with the badge depressions, but I don't know if it came from the same vendor as you referred to. Unfortunately, I've not used it yet, so all I can say is that it seems quite well made, although it is exceedingly heavy!

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The Indian seller lists his tank for $310.00 + $95.00 shipping, is yours new and is it in that price range? Do you get it on ebay?
The extra weight won't matter on a powerful Commando!

MF

I've just gone back and checked - I bought mine from a seller called '2x2wheelers' - I went via the 'Make an offer' button, and got it for £140 UK pounds plus £60 UKP postage.

commando6868 · Mar 10, 2016

Paddy_SP said:
commando6868 said:

Paddy_SP said:

I have a new steel Fastback tank here - the one with the badge depressions, but I don't know if it came from the same vendor as you referred to. Unfortunately, I've not used it yet, so all I can say is that it seems quite well made, although it is exceedingly heavy!

Click to expand...

The Indian seller lists his tank for $310.00 + $95.00 shipping, is yours new and is it in that price range? Do you get it on ebay?
The extra weight won't matter on a powerful Commando!

MF

Click to expand...

I've just gone back and checked - I bought mine from a seller called '2x2wheelers' - I went via the 'Make an offer' button, and got it for £140 UK pounds plus £60 UKP postage.

I just looked at that one, it is the tank with the tunnel thru, not just badge depressions, what's yours like?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORTON-FASTBA ... 1303156498

kommando · Mar 10, 2016

The tunnel through is a trick of the lighting on the sanding pattern, if you look at all the pictures there is one taken from a different angle that shows they are depressions not a tunnel.

commando6868 · Mar 10, 2016

kommando said:
The tunnel through is a trick of the lighting on the sanding pattern, if you look at all the pictures there is one taken from a different angle that shows they are depressions not a tunnel.

OK, thanks

1968 Commando Tank

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