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krazy_texan · 08-18-2003, 11:27 PM

What other kind of gas tanks can you put in our trucks besides blazer tanks, i was toying with the idea of putting a saddle tank in my truck and using the original filler neck just run it down and through the back of the cab because i like the way it looks and i want to make it look stock, what vehicles make good donors for under bed gas tanks, i was thinking of an 1980 up Ford would work but have not been able to check in on that yet.

krazy_texan · 08-19-2003, 01:51 PM

TTT

Wootdog · 08-19-2003, 03:52 PM

My 67 I am rebuilding has a rock valley 23 gallon with the fuel pump inside. It is in the spare tire location.They are not cheap but it is awesome looking. You can visit their website at rockvalleyantiqueautoparts.com. Wootdog

Longhorn Man · 08-19-2003, 03:59 PM

The '80 ford would be inside the frame rail and should have odd angles and what not for the particular chassis. Not to mention the probablility of the sending unit being incompatible with the fuel guage.
A saddle tank per definition would be on the outside of the frame rail like the 73 - 87 trucks had, and IMO a bad idea.
Then again, I think the best place for the tank is in the cab.

jakobs71chevy · 08-19-2003, 04:05 PM

im taking the tank out of my truck cab its like sitting on a bomb
put in a underside tank.

Longhorn Man · 08-19-2003, 04:23 PM

Only if it leaks.
You'd have to be hit by something pretty tall, and pretty hard for anything to get to your tank in the cab.
Sure, in an extream situation, the tank will get tagged, and yes, the fuel may well get on you and even ignite. However...in that type of accident, there is no real safe place for a fuel tank.

jakobs71chevy · 08-19-2003, 04:29 PM

yea thts true to but it just always reminds me of the old pinto thing

Longhorn Man · 08-19-2003, 04:48 PM

LOL...the "thing" where it was mounted out back...right behind the bumper...with little protection...like everyone wants to do to there truck with the blazer tank?
(anyone catching the sarcasim here)

jakobs71chevy · 08-19-2003, 04:53 PM

yea like in the movie top secret quite a funny movie. i might put in a cell between the wheel wells. move the battery to the back too. but right now im just dreamin out loud.

cdowns · 08-19-2003, 05:36 PM

LONGHORNMAIL : you know i've been biting my tounge for months wanting to say that !!!glad you did it first !!!

Longhorn Man · 08-19-2003, 05:47 PM

LOL! I been saying it for a while. I have been flamed for it a few times too. (No pun intended) The only real safe place to put it, would be inder the cab and bed, like the aformentioned F-150, and all other brand new trucks. However, new trucks do not have 2 exhaust pipes, and mine does. (as do most of the trucks on this board) Not only that, but most of us can not or will not pay for a custom tank to be fabbed. If you can/will, then this may be the best way to do it. But it would be inside the frame, away from your face, and not rthe second line of defence in a rear end collision. Plastic or a poly-something or another would be the best material for those willing/able.
Otherwise, in my opinion, the cab is the best place.
Some want to move it out becouse they have long legs...onless you are putting your legs behind the seat, moving the fuel tank will do absolutly nothing(asuming the stock seat is retained)

I think the only 1/2 way decent reason to remove the tank, is for speakers...and I'll leave my opinion out of that idea. (having no A/C in my house means I get to listen to everyone's music when they stop at the intesection in front of my house...VERY annoying)

kamkam1 · 08-19-2003, 05:56 PM

I'm taking my tank out the cab after seeing a 72 year old man burn to death after being hit broadside. Tank in the BBAAADDDD idea!!!!

73stepside · 08-19-2003, 07:15 PM

taking the tank out side the cab is better than leaving it in there. i work with jet fuel everyday. smelling bezene is not good. everytime you get in your truck or put gas in it, the fumes get in the cab. fumes = very bad. you could cause an explosion with a simple static electricity spark. putting it in the back where there is about 2 feet before it gets struck from dead rear is a better option in my opinion than leaving it in the cab. there are good points for leaving it in the cab but they are outweighed by taking it out.

ddsmith · 08-19-2003, 10:06 PM

Okay, you guys are scaring me. I have a tank behind my seat. I'm going to die from the fumes. I've got two saddle tanks outside the frame rails. I'm going to die from broadside accidents. All I need now is to install a blazer tank and I'll have the trifecta.

krazy_texan · 08-19-2003, 10:41 PM

well what would be a good vehicle to get a donor saddle tank from

Longhorn Man · 08-19-2003, 10:53 PM

a true saddle tank...73 - 87 GM truck.
You will only smel the fuel if your tank has a leak. Seal it up and you'll be OK.

ddsmith · 08-20-2003, 12:14 AM

Well mine are on a 69 C20. Aren't the dealer installed aux tanks saddle tanks on 67-72 trucks. Mine was factory installed and the fillers are on both sides of the box up high.

You may find someone on here getting rid of the aux tank in favor of a clean bed side.

Longhorn Man · 08-20-2003, 12:16 AM

OK, good point.
Stock, base equipment would be 73 - 87.

oldtrucknut · 08-20-2003, 07:58 PM

Here's what I did. It's good for a show truck but maybe not for a daily driver.

jakobs71chevy · 08-21-2003, 08:32 AM

thts a really nice job on tht bed. have anymore pics??

73stepside · 08-21-2003, 12:09 PM

i took out my saddle tanks. they are pretty heavy duty tanks but one is rusted on the inside from being open and the other had gas in it. don't know how old it is but it doesn't look good. i want to get rid of them but don't know what to do with the old gas in them.

fast67chevy2002 · 08-21-2003, 04:00 PM

a few people around here have taken a 76-77 monte carlo 19.5 gallon tank and put it between the frame instead of a blazer tank, but I feel more comfortable with the poly tank. I guess it puts the mind at ease a little beter then having a metal tank in there.

junkyardjohn · 08-21-2003, 04:33 PM

I PREFER TO GET THAT STINKY, TIME BOMB OUT OF MY CAB. BELIEVE ME... INSIDE THE CAB IS NOT THE SAFEST, MOST SENSIBLE PLACE TO PUT THE GAS TANK IN ANY TRUCK. (IF IT WAS, ALL THE MODERN DAY VEHICAL ENGINEERS WOULD BE PUTTING THEM THERE,.... NONE DO) IN 1978 A DRUNK DRIVER IN A BUICK 225 RAN A STOP SIGN & HIT ME BROADSIDE, CAUSING ME TO ROLL END OVER END 1/2 DOZEN TIMES (I WAS DOING 60) IT WAS DEC. 23 IN MICHIGAN, & THE TRUCK STOPPED ROLLING ON IT'S TOP. THERE WAS A LITTLE DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND WHERE IT STOPPED. THE BEHID THE SEAT TANK BURST, THE GROUND WAS FROZEN, & I ALMOST DROWNED IN GASOLINE.LUCKY FOR ME THE BATTERY WAS PITCHED OUT. I WAS PINNED UNDER THAT TRUCK FOR 20 MINUTES. I BROKE MY BACK, ALOT OF RIBS & A COLLARBONE, BUT ALL I KEPT THINKING ABOUT WAS EITHER BURNING TO DEATH, OR DROWNING.
SURE THAT WAS AN EXTREME ACCIDENT, BUT I'M HERE 25 YEARS LATER .
SAFE?? CONVENIANT?? I DON'T THINK SO!!

JOHN
OH YA ... I LIKE TO USE BLAZER TANKS FROM THE 70S
PLENTIFUL & CHEAP & MOST HAVE SKID PLATES

NSANE68!!! · 08-21-2003, 06:40 PM

I used the same fuel cell that is in the bed, just put it in the frame rails. Summit for 175$ with sending unit.

08-18-2003, 11:27 PM	#1
krazy_texan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Des Moines, Ia Posts: 3,233	gas tanks? What other kind of gas tanks can you put in our trucks besides blazer tanks, i was toying with the idea of putting a saddle tank in my truck and using the original filler neck just run it down and through the back of the cab because i like the way it looks and i want to make it look stock, what vehicles make good donors for under bed gas tanks, i was thinking of an 1980 up Ford would work but have not been able to check in on that yet. __________________ Krazy Texan My Trucks are made with Wrenches not Chop Sticks 1967 GMC 3/4 ton "Johnny Cash" 1990 v1500 suburban 1967 Ford f100 Swb 4x4 "green bean" GOD BLESS JESUS, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE ALAMO

08-19-2003, 01:51 PM	#2
krazy_texan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Des Moines, Ia Posts: 3,233	TTT __________________ Krazy Texan My Trucks are made with Wrenches not Chop Sticks 1967 GMC 3/4 ton "Johnny Cash" 1990 v1500 suburban 1967 Ford f100 Swb 4x4 "green bean" GOD BLESS JESUS, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE ALAMO

08-19-2003, 03:52 PM	#3
Wootdog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va, USA Posts: 1,676	gas tanks? My 67 I am rebuilding has a rock valley 23 gallon with the fuel pump inside. It is in the spare tire location.They are not cheap but it is awesome looking. You can visit their website at rockvalleyantiqueautoparts.com. Wootdog __________________ 1969 Chevelle 1990 IROC Z Convertible 2002 Silverado LT

08-19-2003, 04:05 PM	#5
jakobs71chevy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: stone creek, ohio Posts: 130	im taking the tank out of my truck cab its like sitting on a bomb put in a underside tank. __________________ 71 chevy c-10 - 350 3spd(temp) orange

08-19-2003, 04:29 PM	#7
jakobs71chevy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: stone creek, ohio Posts: 130	yea thts true to but it just always reminds me of the old pinto thing __________________ 71 chevy c-10 - 350 3spd(temp) orange

08-19-2003, 03:59 PM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	The '80 ford would be inside the frame rail and should have odd angles and what not for the particular chassis. Not to mention the probablility of the sending unit being incompatible with the fuel guage. A saddle tank per definition would be on the outside of the frame rail like the 73 - 87 trucks had, and IMO a bad idea. Then again, I think the best place for the tank is in the cab.

08-19-2003, 04:23 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Only if it leaks. You'd have to be hit by something pretty tall, and pretty hard for anything to get to your tank in the cab. Sure, in an extream situation, the tank will get tagged, and yes, the fuel may well get on you and even ignite. However...in that type of accident, there is no real safe place for a fuel tank.

08-19-2003, 04:48 PM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	LOL...the "thing" where it was mounted out back...right behind the bumper...with little protection...like everyone wants to do to there truck with the blazer tank? (anyone catching the sarcasim here) Last edited by Longhorn Man; 08-19-2003 at 05:38 PM.

08-19-2003, 04:53 PM	#9
jakobs71chevy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: stone creek, ohio Posts: 130	yea like in the movie top secret quite a funny movie. i might put in a cell between the wheel wells. move the battery to the back too. but right now im just dreamin out loud. __________________ 71 chevy c-10 - 350 3spd(temp) orange

08-19-2003, 05:36 PM	#10
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	LONGHORNMAIL : you know i've been biting my tounge for months wanting to say that !!!glad you did it first !!! __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

08-19-2003, 05:47 PM	#11
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	LOL! I been saying it for a while. I have been flamed for it a few times too. (No pun intended) The only real safe place to put it, would be inder the cab and bed, like the aformentioned F-150, and all other brand new trucks. However, new trucks do not have 2 exhaust pipes, and mine does. (as do most of the trucks on this board) Not only that, but most of us can not or will not pay for a custom tank to be fabbed. If you can/will, then this may be the best way to do it. But it would be inside the frame, away from your face, and not rthe second line of defence in a rear end collision. Plastic or a poly-something or another would be the best material for those willing/able. Otherwise, in my opinion, the cab is the best place. Some want to move it out becouse they have long legs...onless you are putting your legs behind the seat, moving the fuel tank will do absolutly nothing(asuming the stock seat is retained) I think the only 1/2 way decent reason to remove the tank, is for speakers...and I'll leave my opinion out of that idea. (having no A/C in my house means I get to listen to everyone's music when they stop at the intesection in front of my house...VERY annoying)

08-19-2003, 05:56 PM	#12
kamkam1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: southeast missouri Posts: 74	gas tanks I'm taking my tank out the cab after seeing a 72 year old man burn to death after being hit broadside. Tank in the BBAAADDDD idea!!!! __________________ Kirk Myers 68 chevy swb owned since 87, under the knife 71 skylark 9.20's @ 76mph 1/8 mile

08-19-2003, 07:15 PM	#13
73stepside Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Moore OK 73160 Posts: 974	taking the tank out side the cab is better than leaving it in there. i work with jet fuel everyday. smelling bezene is not good. everytime you get in your truck or put gas in it, the fumes get in the cab. fumes = very bad. you could cause an explosion with a simple static electricity spark. putting it in the back where there is about 2 feet before it gets struck from dead rear is a better option in my opinion than leaving it in the cab. there are good points for leaving it in the cab but they are outweighed by taking it out. __________________ 04 GMC Sierra RCSS 70 CST LWB 04 HD Sportster 1200 Custom

08-19-2003, 10:06 PM	#14
ddsmith Glowing since 1978 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Lusby,MD,USA Posts: 532	Okay, you guys are scaring me. I have a tank behind my seat. I'm going to die from the fumes. I've got two saddle tanks outside the frame rails. I'm going to die from broadside accidents. All I need now is to install a blazer tank and I'll have the trifecta. __________________ 66 Chevy C30 Stakebody Dump, PS,PB, 327cu in 71 Corvette Coupe 454 4 speed 69 Chevy C20 Custom Camper

08-19-2003, 10:41 PM	#15
krazy_texan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Des Moines, Ia Posts: 3,233	well what would be a good vehicle to get a donor saddle tank from __________________ Krazy Texan My Trucks are made with Wrenches not Chop Sticks 1967 GMC 3/4 ton "Johnny Cash" 1990 v1500 suburban 1967 Ford f100 Swb 4x4 "green bean" GOD BLESS JESUS, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE ALAMO



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08-19-2003, 10:53 PM	#16
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	a true saddle tank...73 - 87 GM truck. You will only smel the fuel if your tank has a leak. Seal it up and you'll be OK.

08-20-2003, 12:14 AM	#17
ddsmith Glowing since 1978 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Lusby,MD,USA Posts: 532	Well mine are on a 69 C20. Aren't the dealer installed aux tanks saddle tanks on 67-72 trucks. Mine was factory installed and the fillers are on both sides of the box up high. You may find someone on here getting rid of the aux tank in favor of a clean bed side. __________________ 66 Chevy C30 Stakebody Dump, PS,PB, 327cu in 71 Corvette Coupe 454 4 speed 69 Chevy C20 Custom Camper

08-20-2003, 12:16 AM	#18
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	OK, good point. Stock, base equipment would be 73 - 87.

08-20-2003, 07:58 PM	#19
oldtrucknut 67-72 truck surgeon Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 155	Here's what I did. It's good for a show truck but maybe not for a daily driver. Attached Images __________________ 1969 Chevy C10 1993 Toyota Camry LE 1999 Ford F250 Super Duty 4x4 diesel 2008 Dodge Charger Super Bee 1953 International R182

08-21-2003, 08:32 AM	#20
jakobs71chevy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: stone creek, ohio Posts: 130	thts a really nice job on tht bed. have anymore pics?? __________________ 71 chevy c-10 - 350 3spd(temp) orange

08-21-2003, 12:09 PM	#21
73stepside Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Moore OK 73160 Posts: 974	i took out my saddle tanks. they are pretty heavy duty tanks but one is rusted on the inside from being open and the other had gas in it. don't know how old it is but it doesn't look good. i want to get rid of them but don't know what to do with the old gas in them. __________________ 04 GMC Sierra RCSS 70 CST LWB 04 HD Sportster 1200 Custom

08-21-2003, 04:00 PM	#22
fast67chevy2002 Dad's little helper Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Helena, MT Posts: 194	a few people around here have taken a 76-77 monte carlo 19.5 gallon tank and put it between the frame instead of a blazer tank, but I feel more comfortable with the poly tank. I guess it puts the mind at ease a little beter then having a metal tank in there.

08-21-2003, 04:33 PM	#23
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,427	I PREFER TO GET THAT STINKY, TIME BOMB OUT OF MY CAB. BELIEVE ME... INSIDE THE CAB IS NOT THE SAFEST, MOST SENSIBLE PLACE TO PUT THE GAS TANK IN ANY TRUCK. (IF IT WAS, ALL THE MODERN DAY VEHICAL ENGINEERS WOULD BE PUTTING THEM THERE,.... NONE DO) IN 1978 A DRUNK DRIVER IN A BUICK 225 RAN A STOP SIGN & HIT ME BROADSIDE, CAUSING ME TO ROLL END OVER END 1/2 DOZEN TIMES (I WAS DOING 60) IT WAS DEC. 23 IN MICHIGAN, & THE TRUCK STOPPED ROLLING ON IT'S TOP. THERE WAS A LITTLE DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND WHERE IT STOPPED. THE BEHID THE SEAT TANK BURST, THE GROUND WAS FROZEN, & I ALMOST DROWNED IN GASOLINE.LUCKY FOR ME THE BATTERY WAS PITCHED OUT. I WAS PINNED UNDER THAT TRUCK FOR 20 MINUTES. I BROKE MY BACK, ALOT OF RIBS & A COLLARBONE, BUT ALL I KEPT THINKING ABOUT WAS EITHER BURNING TO DEATH, OR DROWNING. SURE THAT WAS AN EXTREME ACCIDENT, BUT I'M HERE 25 YEARS LATER . SAFE?? CONVENIANT?? I DON'T THINK SO!! JOHN OH YA ... I LIKE TO USE BLAZER TANKS FROM THE 70S PLENTIFUL & CHEAP & MOST HAVE SKID PLATES __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST Last edited by junkyardjohn; 08-21-2003 at 04:44 PM.

08-21-2003, 06:40 PM	#24
NSANE68!!! SLICER AND DICIER Join Date: May 2001 Location: Quuen Creek Posts: 1,383	I used the same fuel cell that is in the bed, just put it in the frame rails. Summit for 175$ with sending unit. Attached Images __________________ 01 Tahoe 22's 2/4 drop and tv's 68 chevy money pit 51 chevy belair 95 Honda 900RR 05 GMC Siearra (company truck)

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