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No matter what the value is, I feel like I still found something pretty cool, thanks everybody!
very old mystery tank
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captain
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More than likely you have what is listed as the "shallow water tank block" in the old catalogs. It doesn't state what the cibic feet is. A tank block is a tank, valve and harness.
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laguna230diver
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maybe so, the tank has no boot, and it is on a USD backpack with a steel handle on the side. It has a j-valve and I think it has 1/2 inch threads (not around the tank right now)
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laguna230diver
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the tanks are at my girlfreinds house in Pittsburgh right now, so i wont see them again for two weeks, I don't think it has that sticker on there
captain
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A back pack wouldn't be original to that tank those came later. It would be a 1" strap harness with a couple of bands.
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laguna230diver
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yeah the backback look like an early 70's one
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The unit was listed in the 1961 US Diver catalog as a "VIGO."
Three sizes:
1017....24 CuFt ...$50.00
1021 ...18 CuFt ...$45.00
1034 ...38 CuFt ...$69.95
Appears to be a 24 or 38 CuFt. Need the length of the tank to ascertain the size
Sold with a regulator
Plastic harness was standard.
The decal is original for the units
Has some, but very little value, as a collectors item -especially with out the regulator - It was not a mainstream unit and has very little "romance" associated with it.
<<< VIgo is a bay in Spain... Recall the book "Treasure divers of Vigo bay?" The unit was named after the book and the bay...The bay was named after a long forgotten Spanish Nobleman who helped finance the U.S. Revolutionary War. The only tribute to Vigo in the US is a large statue in Indiana..>>>
Now you know - probably more than you wanted to know or needed to know.
Would be a great item to dive at Portage Quarry during the Legends week end in August
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Three sizes:
1017....24 CuFt ...$50.00
1021 ...18 CuFt ...$45.00
1034 ...38 CuFt ...$69.95
Appears to be a 24 or 38 CuFt. Need the length of the tank to ascertain the size
Sold with a regulator
Plastic harness was standard.
The decal is original for the units
Has some, but very little value, as a collectors item -especially with out the regulator - It was not a mainstream unit and has very little "romance" associated with it.
<<< VIgo is a bay in Spain... Recall the book "Treasure divers of Vigo bay?" The unit was named after the book and the bay...The bay was named after a long forgotten Spanish Nobleman who helped finance the U.S. Revolutionary War. The only tribute to Vigo in the US is a large statue in Indiana..>>>
Now you know - probably more than you wanted to know or needed to know.
Would be a great item to dive at Portage Quarry during the Legends week end in August
sdm
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laguna230diver
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you want it sam? I think its a 38.. it would be pretty cool to dive a a 56 year old tank
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