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*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 12:15 AM

So, unlike alot of people I haven't relocated the gas tank in my '72 and since I've installed bucket seats and I don't want to go with the original style cardboard cover as it will be exposed, I'm wondering what kind of custom covers people have made for their tanks? Show me pics if ya got em!

KMACD71 · 09-09-2009, 12:24 AM

You can buy carpeted covers for the tank.http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cb/full.aspx?Page=97

**leddzepp** · 09-09-2009, 12:28 AM

Throw a Mexican blanket over it

*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by KMACD71

You can buy carpeted covers for the tank.http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cb/full.aspx?Page=97

Cool, I took a look at that and I might consider it along with those kick panel pieces too. My only concern is glueing it on the tank like that. I'd have to make sure the fuel lines, sending unit, etc are all perfect so I didn't have to rip it off to fix something.

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Originally Posted by leddzepp

Throw a Mexican blanket over it

I had something similar to that on the original seat!!

**71blksuper4x4** · 09-09-2009, 12:55 AM

I am pretty sure the carpet kits just clip on the top of the gas tank. Atleast mine does. Where did you get all of your woodgrain pieces for your truck? They look very nice. Trevor

*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 71blksuper4x4

I am pretty sure the carpet kits just clip on the top of the gas tank. Atleast mine does. Where did you get all of your woodgrain pieces for your truck? They look very nice. Trevor

Thanks. I got the door inserts from LMC and the glovebox and ashtray from Classic Parts of America.

The gauge panel I bought from a guy on ebay that rebuilds them with the white vinyl gauges and new bezels. I special ordered mine with the chrome/woodgrain bezel.

westofb · 09-09-2009, 02:35 AM

get a piece of masonite or luan plywood, cut it to fit from floor to the panel just below the back window. 3 m super 77 some automotive carpet of your color choice to the newly cut panel. mount in truck by screwing the top into the metal panel below the back window and if you think it needs it, you could attach the bottom to the cab floor with a couple of "L" brackets. if you cut the panel big enough to fit up into the cab corners...the vacant are behind the panel would be a nice place to mount some 6"x9" speakers there. if that was the goal to cover the tank and mount speakers, use the masonite instead of the luan...it is very flexible and could be cut larger than the actual opening size, and when installing it (no seats in truck at the time) you could bend it in the center to allow the corners to tuck into the cab corners. just my $.02 worth.

*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 02:41 AM

I thought about that but I think I'd probably build a center console to hold the cover in place instead of fastening it to the cab.

westofb · 09-09-2009, 03:20 AM

That would work out okay too, I suppose if you attached the center console to the tank cover, you could step up the tickness of of the tank cover (like 1/2" mdf or plywood), then your seats could hold it and the console in place and not attach anything to the cab. By the way what are those seats out of? And are those air bags located in the sides of them? I haven't got any seats for my yet and like the looks of the ones you chose.

westofb · 09-09-2009, 03:21 AM

Looked closer at the seats..hmmm...are they s-10?

c10addict · 09-09-2009, 09:03 AM

Carpet on my 68... Love it... Very clean

*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by westofb

That would work out okay too, I suppose if you attached the center console to the tank cover, you could step up the tickness of of the tank cover (like 1/2" mdf or plywood), then your seats could hold it and the console in place and not attach anything to the cab. By the way what are those seats out of? And are those air bags located in the sides of them? I haven't got any seats for my yet and like the looks of the ones you chose.

I don't know what the seats came out of. I bought them for 20.00 from a friend who had them in a 88-98 truck.

I think they're caravan seats but I'm not sure. Yeah, those are air bags you see on the sides.

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Originally Posted by c10addict

Carpet on my 68... Love it... Very clean

That does look good! Is your carpet laid over a piece of plywood or something? It looks pretty flat and seems to come up higher than the pre-made covers you can order.

c10addict · 09-09-2009, 02:27 PM

No mine is the carpet kit glued to the tank... I bought it from LMC...

*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 09:36 PM

Cool, it looks pretty good but how hard will it be to access the tank if you need to?

Your truck looks awesome btw!!

c10addict · 09-09-2009, 09:38 PM

Thanks... It will will pull right off if needed...

Longhorn Man · 09-09-2009, 10:32 PM

i took a roll of black carpet from the parts store, trimmed it to size, and hung it in place. The top edge is folded back (and I wan a hand full of self tapping screws up into the cab back wall under the window. Totally invisible, no one would ever see them even if they were looking, gravity holds the bottom down (at 100 MPH with both windows down and some holes in the floor, it was starting to wave a little) yet, slide the seats forward and flip the carpet up, and the tank/lines are right there.

*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

i took a roll of black carpet from the parts store, trimmed it to size, and hung it in place. The top edge is folded back (and I wan a hand full of self tapping screws up into the cab back wall under the window. Totally invisible, no one would ever see them even if they were looking, gravity holds the bottom down (at 100 MPH with both windows down and some holes in the floor, it was starting to wave a little) yet, slide the seats forward and flip the carpet up, and the tank/lines are right there.

Cool! Got a pic?

Say, can you get me a pic of the carpet floppin at 100mph?

nuke1 · 09-09-2009, 10:55 PM

Go to your local upolstry place and ask for multipile carpet, , it is very stretchy, covers gorgeous, and works very well, buy a can of spray trim adhesive and some 1/8" landau foam and go to work, you will have a gorgeous cover, that can come off easy enough, and will cost you roughly 50 dollars, cheap is good and works well, that is the stuff i use for doing interiors and car stereos alot of the time for ppl, btw, interior is looking great!

*highperf4x4* · 09-09-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nuke1

Go to your local upolstry place and ask for multipile carpet, , it is very stretchy, covers gorgeous, and works very well, buy a can of spray trim adhesive and some 1/8" landau foam and go to work, you will have a gorgeous cover, that can come off easy enough, and will cost you roughly 50 dollars, cheap is good and works well, that is the stuff i use for doing interiors and car stereos alot of the time for ppl, btw, interior is looking great!

Thks bro! I'll check into that too.

Longhorn Man · 09-10-2009, 06:21 AM

i'm sure I have pics somewhere, but it'd be quicker to take new ones and post them.
They won't be on before supper time though, but a bunch of crap to do this afternoon.
As for the 100 MPH thing, this engine is in limp mode, on its last leg... so no.

Longhorn Man · 09-11-2009, 06:24 AM

here you go...

*highperf4x4* · 09-12-2009, 01:20 AM

Cool, thx bro. Is that a fire extinguisher beside the seat?

And you didn't have to pull it loose just for me!

Longhorn Man · 09-12-2009, 03:17 PM

yeah, I try to keep a fire ext in all vehicles at all times.
This carpet trick was very easy, and the only reason it looks 'pushed in' over the console is becouse I had a bunch of crap sitting on the console leaning back on the carpet before i took these pics. It normally hangs flat.

chevyguy_72 · 09-12-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by c10addict

Carpet on my 68... Love it... Very clean

Are those the stock buckets? or out of something else?

09-09-2009, 12:15 AM	#1
highperf4x4 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 4,709	That gas tank! So, unlike alot of people I haven't relocated the gas tank in my '72 and since I've installed bucket seats and I don't want to go with the original style cardboard cover as it will be exposed, I'm wondering what kind of custom covers people have made for their tanks? Show me pics if ya got em!

09-09-2009, 12:24 AM	#2
KMACD71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lethbridge,Alberta Posts: 532	Re: That gas tank! You can buy carpeted covers for the tank.http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cb/full.aspx?Page=97

09-09-2009, 12:28 AM	#3
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,996	Re: That gas tank! Throw a Mexican blanket over it __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

09-09-2009, 12:55 AM	#5
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,151	Re: That gas tank! I am pretty sure the carpet kits just clip on the top of the gas tank. Atleast mine does. Where did you get all of your woodgrain pieces for your truck? They look very nice. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

09-09-2009, 02:35 AM	#7
westofb I really hate wet sanding! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Brookfield, MO Posts: 601	Re: That gas tank! get a piece of masonite or luan plywood, cut it to fit from floor to the panel just below the back window. 3 m super 77 some automotive carpet of your color choice to the newly cut panel. mount in truck by screwing the top into the metal panel below the back window and if you think it needs it, you could attach the bottom to the cab floor with a couple of "L" brackets. if you cut the panel big enough to fit up into the cab corners...the vacant are behind the panel would be a nice place to mount some 6"x9" speakers there. if that was the goal to cover the tank and mount speakers, use the masonite instead of the luan...it is very flexible and could be cut larger than the actual opening size, and when installing it (no seats in truck at the time) you could bend it in the center to allow the corners to tuck into the cab corners. just my $.02 worth.

09-09-2009, 02:41 AM	#8
highperf4x4 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 4,709	Re: That gas tank! I thought about that but I think I'd probably build a center console to hold the cover in place instead of fastening it to the cab.

09-09-2009, 03:20 AM	#9
westofb I really hate wet sanding! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Brookfield, MO Posts: 601	Re: That gas tank! That would work out okay too, I suppose if you attached the center console to the tank cover, you could step up the tickness of of the tank cover (like 1/2" mdf or plywood), then your seats could hold it and the console in place and not attach anything to the cab. By the way what are those seats out of? And are those air bags located in the sides of them? I haven't got any seats for my yet and like the looks of the ones you chose.

09-09-2009, 03:21 AM	#10
westofb I really hate wet sanding! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Brookfield, MO Posts: 601	Re: That gas tank! Looked closer at the seats..hmmm...are they s-10?

09-09-2009, 09:03 AM	#11
c10addict Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 1,970	Re: That gas tank! Carpet on my 68... Love it... Very clean Attached Images __________________ 68 C10 Shorty TPI,Bagged, and all the good stuff. Classic trucks feature June 06, On the cover of Jegs Christmas Catalog 08 67 C10 Shorty Shop truck project Bagged and Z'd under destruction and getting nowhere fast. 64 C10 Shop Truck/Daily driver, Bagged, Dropmember, SOLD!!!! Gone but not forgotten.. 54 GMC under the knife getting a S10 chassis swap and bagged. See my build thread... 07 GMC Sierra 5/7 drop, 22's and 24's Air ride on my mind.. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=339340 See pics of my trucks in my profile

09-09-2009, 02:27 PM	#13
c10addict Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 1,970	Re: That gas tank! No mine is the carpet kit glued to the tank... I bought it from LMC... __________________ 68 C10 Shorty TPI,Bagged, and all the good stuff. Classic trucks feature June 06, On the cover of Jegs Christmas Catalog 08 67 C10 Shorty Shop truck project Bagged and Z'd under destruction and getting nowhere fast. 64 C10 Shop Truck/Daily driver, Bagged, Dropmember, SOLD!!!! Gone but not forgotten.. 54 GMC under the knife getting a S10 chassis swap and bagged. See my build thread... 07 GMC Sierra 5/7 drop, 22's and 24's Air ride on my mind.. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=339340 See pics of my trucks in my profile

09-09-2009, 09:36 PM	#14
highperf4x4 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 4,709	Re: That gas tank! Cool, it looks pretty good but how hard will it be to access the tank if you need to? Your truck looks awesome btw!!

09-09-2009, 09:38 PM	#15
c10addict Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: pittsburgh pa Posts: 1,970	Re: That gas tank! Thanks... It will will pull right off if needed... __________________ 68 C10 Shorty TPI,Bagged, and all the good stuff. Classic trucks feature June 06, On the cover of Jegs Christmas Catalog 08 67 C10 Shorty Shop truck project Bagged and Z'd under destruction and getting nowhere fast. 64 C10 Shop Truck/Daily driver, Bagged, Dropmember, SOLD!!!! Gone but not forgotten.. 54 GMC under the knife getting a S10 chassis swap and bagged. See my build thread... 07 GMC Sierra 5/7 drop, 22's and 24's Air ride on my mind.. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=339340 See pics of my trucks in my profile Last edited by c10addict; 09-09-2009 at 09:39 PM.

09-09-2009, 10:32 PM	#16
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: That gas tank! i took a roll of black carpet from the parts store, trimmed it to size, and hung it in place. The top edge is folded back (and I wan a hand full of self tapping screws up into the cab back wall under the window. Totally invisible, no one would ever see them even if they were looking, gravity holds the bottom down (at 100 MPH with both windows down and some holes in the floor, it was starting to wave a little) yet, slide the seats forward and flip the carpet up, and the tank/lines are right there.

09-09-2009, 10:55 PM	#18
nuke1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,: Posts: 2,901	Re: That gas tank! Go to your local upolstry place and ask for multipile carpet, , it is very stretchy, covers gorgeous, and works very well, buy a can of spray trim adhesive and some 1/8" landau foam and go to work, you will have a gorgeous cover, that can come off easy enough, and will cost you roughly 50 dollars, cheap is good and works well, that is the stuff i use for doing interiors and car stereos alot of the time for ppl, btw, interior is looking great! __________________ James 1968 GMC "HAVOC" 1986 GMC "Frank" J.J.R.H. Design & Consulting My 68`Rebuild "HAVOC": http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=316300 A 58' chev build thread: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=311238 1969 Camaro Pro Touring http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...61#post3513361 Swiss Cheese: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=384390 Adjustable Trailing Arm How-To: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=321100 1968 Ford Farm Truck: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6555587

09-10-2009, 06:21 AM	#20
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: That gas tank! i'm sure I have pics somewhere, but it'd be quicker to take new ones and post them. They won't be on before supper time though, but a bunch of crap to do this afternoon. As for the 100 MPH thing, this engine is in limp mode, on its last leg... so no.



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09-11-2009, 06:24 AM	#21
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: That gas tank! here you go... Attached Images

09-12-2009, 01:20 AM	#22
highperf4x4 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 4,709	Re: That gas tank! Cool, thx bro. Is that a fire extinguisher beside the seat? And you didn't have to pull it loose just for me!

09-12-2009, 03:17 PM	#23
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: That gas tank! yeah, I try to keep a fire ext in all vehicles at all times. This carpet trick was very easy, and the only reason it looks 'pushed in' over the console is becouse I had a bunch of crap sitting on the console leaning back on the carpet before i took these pics. It normally hangs flat.

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