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sethv · 05-28-2011, 11:35 AM

Hey guys. When I got my truck, the gas tank was in the bed (with NOTHING holding it down

)

Now I think it's time to get the gas tank in the frame. It's a 16 gallon tank. My main question is where can I get brackets!? They're expensive on ebay and I don't want to pay over a hundred bucks for them. No junkyards around here have them either. I want to put the fuel tank on the driver's side, btw.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

85X3 · 05-28-2011, 11:54 AM

Check Gas Tank Renu. http://www.gastankrenu.com/loc/pn.htm

TheWhiteElephant · 05-28-2011, 08:44 PM

Got my straps at Oreilly's for $30.00. They are almost identical to the OEM straps. Mine is a '73.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...uel+tank+strap

**old Rusty C10** · 05-28-2011, 10:03 PM

the straps are readilly available at advanced or other auto parts stores.. the brackets themselves ( which attach to the frame and the straps attach to these) you can prolly get used from any of the guys parting trucks in our classifieds

Altec · 05-29-2011, 01:00 AM

Just went down this road... I ended up using the rusty ones from my donor truck that are going to need work...

VERY few places sell them, and they go for about $180 for a pair... Sad truth... Classic Parts has them. Which leaves you with the option of making your own brackets, find someone parting, or get bent over...

you can check out my work log in my signature for pictures of the brackets. I need to weld on some fresh metal, and weld new nuts on the back of the front bracket.

Go ahead and order new straps. A trick is using a bike inner tube to sleeve the straps. A trick I learned from those before me.

**hatzie** · 05-29-2011, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altec

Just went down this road... I ended up using the rusty ones from my donor truck that are going to need work...

VERY few places sell them, and they go for about $180 for a pair... Sad truth... Classic Parts has them. Which leaves you with the option of making your own brackets, find someone parting, or get bent over...

you can check out my work log in my signature for pictures of the brackets. I need to weld on some fresh metal, and weld new nuts on the back of the front bracket.

Go ahead and order new straps. A trick is using a bike inner tube to sleeve the straps. A trick I learned from those before me.

I've used roofing felt strips, @ 3-4" wide, wrapped all the way around the tank at the straps. It almost looks like the factory squeak pads.

sethv · 06-10-2011, 10:03 PM

Hey guys. Sorry for the long delay, but for anyone who was wondering (or cared), I got a used set for $70.

Hoods69BadBowTie · 06-10-2011, 11:57 PM

Nice that is not a bad price at all. I remember mine were in kind of bad shape but had no luck finding any new ones cheap so I just modified and made them work

Ya I used radiator hose sliced in half to wrap around my straps when I did my tanks cause that's all I had available worked fine though.

tony58 · 07-26-2013, 12:15 PM

cortone had posted a few ads(thinly disguised) and is now gone, did he delete or was he smacked by the powers to be?

Desert1957 · 07-27-2013, 08:55 AM

WOW another thread back from the dead

KrazyRay · 07-27-2013, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tony58

cortone had posted a few ads(thinly disguised) and is now gone, did he delete or was he smacked by the powers to be?

He was smacked by the powers.

05-28-2011, 11:35 AM	#1
sethv Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Bradford, PA Posts: 395	Fuel tank brackets Hey guys. When I got my truck, the gas tank was in the bed (with NOTHING holding it down ) Now I think it's time to get the gas tank in the frame. It's a 16 gallon tank. My main question is where can I get brackets!? They're expensive on ebay and I don't want to pay over a hundred bucks for them. No junkyards around here have them either. I want to put the fuel tank on the driver's side, btw. Any help is appreciated. Thanks __________________ 1981 K10 Scottsdale 305 ci \| TH350 \| NP208 \| 60k miles

05-28-2011, 11:54 AM	#2
85X3 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mid MI Posts: 67	Re: Fuel tank brackets Check Gas Tank Renu. http://www.gastankrenu.com/loc/pn.htm

05-28-2011, 08:44 PM	#3
TheWhiteElephant God is good! Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 689	Re: Fuel tank brackets Got my straps at Oreilly's for $30.00. They are almost identical to the OEM straps. Mine is a '73. http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...uel+tank+strap __________________ Mando *"It takes a smart man to know when he's stupid." -- Barney Rubble* My build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=430367 Last edited by TheWhiteElephant; 05-30-2011 at 07:52 PM.

05-28-2011, 10:03 PM	#4
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	Re: Fuel tank brackets the straps are readilly available at advanced or other auto parts stores.. the brackets themselves ( which attach to the frame and the straps attach to these) you can prolly get used from any of the guys parting trucks in our classifieds __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

05-29-2011, 01:00 AM	#5
Altec Getcha Pull Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: MD Posts: 691	Re: Fuel tank brackets Just went down this road... I ended up using the rusty ones from my donor truck that are going to need work... VERY few places sell them, and they go for about $180 for a pair... Sad truth... Classic Parts has them. Which leaves you with the option of making your own brackets, find someone parting, or get bent over... you can check out my work log in my signature for pictures of the brackets. I need to weld on some fresh metal, and weld new nuts on the back of the front bracket. Go ahead and order new straps. A trick is using a bike inner tube to sleeve the straps. A trick I learned from those before me. __________________ '81 K10 454/SM465 '86 S10 Blazer '95 H-D Softail '96 Integra

06-10-2011, 10:03 PM	#7
sethv Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Bradford, PA Posts: 395	Re: Fuel tank brackets Hey guys. Sorry for the long delay, but for anyone who was wondering (or cared), I got a used set for $70. __________________ 1981 K10 Scottsdale 305 ci \| TH350 \| NP208 \| 60k miles

06-10-2011, 11:57 PM	#8
Hoods69BadBowTie Chevys Kick A$$ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Zootown, MT Posts: 12,699	Re: Fuel tank brackets Nice that is not a bad price at all. I remember mine were in kind of bad shape but had no luck finding any new ones cheap so I just modified and made them work Ya I used radiator hose sliced in half to wrap around my straps when I did my tanks cause that's all I had available worked fine though. __________________ HOODS is what I answer too -'79, '77, '88 Pickup Sold, '85 Camaro, '83 T/A, '81,'83,'90 K5 Blazer All Sold -'79 3/4 ton "Big Yellow Bananna" Lifted 4spd. 39.5 TSL Swampers, The money Pit -'86 K5 Blazer Silverado 6.2 4" lift 35"s -'95 Ext. Cab Shorty 4" Tuff Country rolling 35" M/T's -'83 Monte Carlo T-Tops. 126,500 Original Miles -LATER I would rather push a Chevy then drive a ford!!

07-26-2013, 12:15 PM	#9
tony58 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orange, Calif Posts: 183	Re: Fuel tank brackets cortone had posted a few ads(thinly disguised) and is now gone, did he delete or was he smacked by the powers to be?

07-27-2013, 08:55 AM	#10
Desert1957 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Freedom Pa. Posts: 1,335	Re: Fuel tank brackets WOW another thread back from the dead



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