I wanna get rid of the gas tank behind my seat on a 71 chevy. Is there a company that makes a kit for the relocaton of the tank and for the hole in cab? Im not much of a fabricator so i dont want to make anything unless i have too. thank guys
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I wanna get rid of the gas tank behind my seat on a 71 chevy. Is there a company that makes a kit for the relocaton of the tank and for the hole in cab? Im not much of a fabricator so i dont want to make anything unless i have too. thank guys
not that i know of but my 72 came out with 2 tank's under the bed 1 on each side so you can put them on i am going to have to put new caps on mine cause somone cut them off but i dont think the make a kit have you tried to replace the rubber hose and make sure the tank is sealed up good?
espesally at the top where people take them out and put them in they get kinda week and need to be sealed again?
On my 71 I removed the tank and put a fuel cell in the rear under the bed.
I had to remove a small cross member. Fit very nice.
The cell was an aluminum unit, we installed a Fram filter and a Holley electric pump on the frame right behind the passenger side rear wheel.
Plumbing was done with stainless hose along the frame using the rubber coated clips from NAPA and up the firewall to a Holley pressure regulator.
For the filler cap we cut a hole in the bed over the fill in the tank and used a boat deck fill cap with a screw in lid we got from West Marine. Looks good, chrome and has the word Fuel cast in the cap. It's chrome.
As far as the hole left in the cab, we cut the top of a can of standard spray paint and shoved it in the rubber gromet as a quick fix, we are getting ready to have the truck painted this spring so it looks kind of crappy right now but it keeps the cold air and rain out. At paint time the hole will be filled with metal and formed to match.
Good luck.
I saw on that show that comes on TNN I think. Can't remember the name. They are building a 72 truck and they said who makes the custom tanks. I'll try and find out. I remember the name of the truck though. It is called "Copperhaed"
It's called "Trucks"
I saw that also and that is where I got the idea to do it.
I can't remember the make of the tank I got but it was from Summit. It came standard with the twist lock cap that was flush with the tank. I called the manufacturer and told him what we were doing and he offered a solution. The company is RCI, the part # we used was RCI-2150A.
The reason I wanted to mention RCI was I actually talked to the owner when I called them. He knew of the application and sent me the filler tube to replace the original at no charge!!!
Freebie!!!
It was his idea to use the boat deck mount piece.
A hell of a nice guy that actaully CARES!
He made some suggestions on how to mount the tank and also told me about some of the potential problems that might arise. He wanted to make real sure I didn't use the mounting brackets as the only support for the tank!. 15 gallons fo fuel is going to weight over 90 lbs. You need straps attached to the fram for the main support.
The side tanks on some of the Chevy's got some real bad press a while back. they were mounted outboard of the frame and were subject to pucture during a side impact. I remember a hatchet job one of the TV shows did on Chevrolet about a fellow who was burned very badly in a crash.
We moved ours to get some more weight on the rear wheels. We are pushing over 500 HP on a stroked 350. Plus the idea of having all that fuel right against your back was a bit un-nerving.