69 gas tank removal
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69 gas tank removal
Saw a thread on build sheet attached to gas tank. Did some gentle snooping with a piece of wire and there is a build sheet there. Car is already in air for trailer arms so is it a hard job to drop the tank to get that sheet. Is it just a cool thing find or what or has it some value????
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Saw a thread on build sheet attached to gas tank. Did some gentle snooping with a piece of wire and there is a build sheet there. Car is already in air for trailer arms so is it a hard job to drop the tank to get that sheet. Is it just a cool thing find or what or has it some value????
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My '75 build sheet was found in the same place 2 years ago. It was caked in 37 years of dirt and grime so not all parts are legible but it is a very cool thing to have and an important document if you can see the good parts.
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I don't want to rain on your parade, but your tank sticker may not be legible when you finally get to it. It's been there forty years and has had plenty of time to be covered with road gook.
Good luck.
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I lucked out, mine is a California car most of it's life, took the sticker off in 1994 everything is legible and it is mostly in one piece. I put it between 2 pieces of plexiglass for protection. You'll never know until you look.
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Is your car original drivetrain? If not, don't worry about the build sheet. It no longer is what it used to be when it left the factory, so it doesn't matter.
If your car is original and you are restoring it...then you might as well drop the tank while you are at it and have a look. Mine was dirty, but I cleaned it with a makeup brush, took a bunch of high resolution photos, then covered it with a sheet of clear plastic sealed to the cleaned tank with duct tape. It belongs where it is.
If your car is original and you are restoring it...then you might as well drop the tank while you are at it and have a look. Mine was dirty, but I cleaned it with a makeup brush, took a bunch of high resolution photos, then covered it with a sheet of clear plastic sealed to the cleaned tank with duct tape. It belongs where it is.
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PS: Nice looking tank! Is it new?
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It gets expensive when you end up breaking the weld on the sending unit aluminum tube and have to buy a new unit.
PS: That is the original '69 tank. It was covered with undercoating and fuel mixed with dirt. Dummy me. Overzealous cleaning with solvents and degreasers, using a scotch pad, removed the protective finish. Had to coat it with clear satin urethane.
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Geez, mine disintegrated into fragments when I touched it and suddenly a flash of light burst from it and the specks whirred and whirled up and out of the shop.
There was another beer in the fridge, thank God!
There was another beer in the fridge, thank God!
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