Fortunate to have found another one of these little gems. I thought it would be a parts motor but it has great spark and appears to be all there. The tank came in 2 parts. Interestingly the bottom half is much heavier guage than the upper half. No dents so I’m q bit perplexed as to why a PO took it apart in the first place. It is quite rusty even on the inside.

How should I go about fixing/reconnecting/restoring this tank? Looking for suggestions and recommendations. If I bead blast it I’m afraid I may find pinhole perforations and the tank will be useless. But how should I go about cleaning ip/preparing the edge on the 2 mating surfaces before soldering? And what’s the technique for soldering? Should I hire someone to solder it for me? I suck at it and am grateful all my previous soldering work has been covered up by flywheels. 😂
Any ideas are appreciated.

I’m not sure what I want to do with this motor. I would just clean it up and get it running but I have another one in that condition. I think this one should be restored/painted and a new set of decals added. So since I need to fix/reconnect the tank I may as well do what it takes to do it right.

Thanks,
Scott