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Gas tank relocation
Was ordering a bunch of stuff to redo the floor, carpet and seatbelts in my 66 c10 and I want to relocate the gas tank and I have a question. I know one way this was done was to use a blazer tank which requires some modifications to be made to the bed crossmembers but do the kits offered by a variety of sites also require the same crossmember mods? I was thinking of getting my tank from Brothers/Holley and their site says very little on the subject and I don't see why a product specifically made for this would require cutting and welding.
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You can mount the tanks without cutting, but of course it's going to hang down lower. The other thing is when I did mine I had to use nutzerts for the bed boards above the tank because there's absolutely no way to get a nut started for those 4-5 strip bolts unless you put the bed boards in before the tank.
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I used the basically same one as Bobby B
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I used the LMC kit. It worked out well.
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I used one from a Jeep CJ5 and a fill spout in the box that came off a Dodge truck. Maybe it's a little small at 14 gallons. I had to use a different fuel gauge.
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This is what I did using the LMC truck fuel tank
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Here's a thread I started before doing mine. Granted I was more concerned with the exterior view rather than the filler location, but I figured out a semi discreet option for it too. https://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vbo...d.php?t=621177
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I kept the reverse light on the right side.
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I used a 64 mustang tank. I did open the top of the frame rail about a half an inch on each side to fir the tank up a little higher and reversed the rear crossmember. It tucks up in very nicely.
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I have custom gauges so I just ordered a gauge for a ford. The front crossmember will never need to come out to remove the tank, if needed.
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Tanks Inc. has a device to adjust the ohms between the sending unit and the gauges. I haven't used it, but I saw it on their website. It's part TAN-MM for $90.
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I just ordered Boyds Fuel tank and Hagan Fuel door for my 1966 C10. I plan to attempt to put this flush looking fuel door on the INNER wall of the bedside IF I can make it work (with modifications) within the 2 7/8 inches between the inner and outer bed wall. It will be September before they arrive.
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I got the idea from someone on this forum to make the filler in the corner. Only downside is it's a slow fill but not too bad.
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Anybody have direct experience with one of the tanks?
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I used Tanksinc's USPT universal tank. It has two options for filler placement.
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