Selling diving tanks
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Are the tanks empty of air? Those a pretty old tanks circa early 70's . All the o ring on the valves will be shot. Voit has been out of the scuba business for decades. Here is the US the would be considered junk or just for decoration in someone's "Man Cave" or scuba store.
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I was not interested in the tanks so no reason to low ball. The guy is from Peru. I identified the twin set because the single tank would be pretty obvious on the decal of the tank that it was a US Divers.
Eric Sedletzky
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The yellow one might be OK since it’s a 3/4” valve.
If it’s painted steel with no galv underneath then pull the boot off and check for rust pits. Also, pull the valve off and look inside with a skinny flashlight with a string attached. Make sure it’s bare steel and not epoxy lined.
The twins look like 1/2” NPT tapered threads and not too many people want those. They are difficult to clean inside and the valves are a pain to pull on and off for doing annual vis.
All these tanks are probably PST (Pressed Steel) which made tanks for anybody who wanted their name stamped on them. Voit, US Divers, Dacor, etc. did not make their own tanks, they sourced them all from the same company.
I don’t know the value in Peru, but here in the US tanks like that are generally free unless they have fresh hydro and vis and are pristine and are hot dipped galvanized with rebuilt valves, in other words a perfect tank, then they might be worth $75 - $150
If it’s painted steel with no galv underneath then pull the boot off and check for rust pits. Also, pull the valve off and look inside with a skinny flashlight with a string attached. Make sure it’s bare steel and not epoxy lined.
The twins look like 1/2” NPT tapered threads and not too many people want those. They are difficult to clean inside and the valves are a pain to pull on and off for doing annual vis.
All these tanks are probably PST (Pressed Steel) which made tanks for anybody who wanted their name stamped on them. Voit, US Divers, Dacor, etc. did not make their own tanks, they sourced them all from the same company.
I don’t know the value in Peru, but here in the US tanks like that are generally free unless they have fresh hydro and vis and are pristine and are hot dipped galvanized with rebuilt valves, in other words a perfect tank, then they might be worth $75 - $150
I love that manifold for wall art, I absolutely hated trying to get one sealed up.
You will likely be selling to a collector rather than somebody actually diving them. That doubles manifold is absolute crap for diving as they tend to leak if you look at them wrong. But they look really cool and are collectible.
I don't know what the Peruvian scuba collector market looks like, but that doubles set would bring about $100-150 in the states if the chrome isn't pitted and the tanks aren't rusty.
You will likely be selling to a collector rather than somebody actually diving them. That doubles manifold is absolute crap for diving as they tend to leak if you look at them wrong. But they look really cool and are collectible.
I don't know what the Peruvian scuba collector market looks like, but that doubles set would bring about $100-150 in the states if the chrome isn't pitted and the tanks aren't rusty.
runsongas
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too bad you are in peru that shipping wouldn't be easy
because there definitely would be a market for those voit tanks, just need to find the right vintage boomer into sea hunt, those look to be the right height to be 38s
because there definitely would be a market for those voit tanks, just need to find the right vintage boomer into sea hunt, those look to be the right height to be 38s
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