While I've been going over the bike I purchased I notice it has what this site called the elusive 62503-52A. In the technical section its says " It was found on the relatively unmolested 62 XLCH 2373 (production #373). It's been reported that 62 XLCH 2404 also has this tank.
It is believed that the -52A was a short-lived transition tank which appeared from very late 1961 to early 1962. Although the details are unknown, it is suspected that only a few hundreds of these tanks were produced.
This tank is very similar to -52, but the salient feature is the Feed outlet. The Feed outlet does NOT have the circular stamping around it - a potential weak point. The outlet is hexagonal instead of round, and is located closer to the bottom of the tank". If you zoom in on the picture below you can see the tanks lower hexagonal outlet.
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