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Re: Rene Champagne Bottom Tanks

Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:54 pm

ovalis wrote:
Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:56 pm
Thanks, I'm trying to find the cut off on the champagne bottoms. I initially thought it was 11/53, but now I've been informed of 1/54 champagne bottom while I have another 1/54 showing as a round bottom so I'm looking for more 1/54 tanks to clarify which ones they were.
Do you have the serial # for that 1957 tank, I couldn't read it? I believe the month of hydro for the 1957 was May?
There's a pretty thick zinc coating over that area, and had to get the light at just right angle to read the date as 3-57 and serial #35696.
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Re: Rene Champagne Bottom Tanks

Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:11 pm

Thank You!

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Re: Rene Champagne Bottom Tanks

Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:18 pm

If still looking there's this on the bay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/305379957853?h ... R4ry4PKsYw

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Re: Rene Champagne Bottom Tanks

Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:22 am

Thanks for the heads up. That Nemrod tank is what we called a dimple bottom tank. The champagne bottom tanks were US Divers tanks produced from May 1951 to January 1954

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