removing the gas tank?? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Novaguy73 · 02-02-2006, 01:39 AM

What all is required and how much extra room do you get?

shifty · 02-02-2006, 01:51 AM

Just gotta remove ~6 bolts. As for extra room, it's a wedge shape...that's about all I can tell ya. The hardest part of removal is getting the stupid rubber grommits off of the filler neck and off of the gas line going through the floorboard.

I'll find some pics hold on...

shifty · 02-02-2006, 01:51 AM

Here - I recently pulled mine out and made a note to take a lot of pictures:

http://satellitehead.com/gallery/thu...s.php?album=11

carl609 · 02-02-2006, 02:26 AM

Does someone make a filler piece to weld in or do have to shape your own?

shifty · 02-02-2006, 02:34 AM

there are filler pieces out there but it's literally a round, barely curved piece of metal. You'll hafta shape it either way. all you need is a good body shaping hammer and block set to curve it once it's welded in. alternately, i have seen a plug that somoene makes for it, i guess (FirstGen had one on his truck) and i've also seen people french an antenna into that area, but i'm not sure how they drain the water out of it!

BowTieMan · 02-02-2006, 05:47 PM

Also you will get more room but the stock seat wont go back any farther then it allready does.

49studebaker · 02-03-2006, 02:34 PM

My first thought about removing the tank is to make sure it has very little gas left inside. I took mine out a few weeks ago, I did it by myself and it was about 1/4 full of very old gas. Due to the lenght of the tank and no baffles, I see-sawed back and forth all the way to the outside of my shop. It nearly got away from me. Once that gas hits one end of the tank, you have to have a strong back and a good grip. As for the hole it leaves behind, I plan on cutting a patch from one of the bedsides I'm replacing. Should be really close to the same shape if you cut it directly across from the existing hole.

Novaguy73 · 02-03-2006, 09:21 PM

I was also wondering what is required to relocate the tank? Thanks

Longhorn Man · 02-03-2006, 10:58 PM

here is a 6 page thread on what all is involved... a sticky ont his board. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=117123

02-02-2006, 01:39 AM	#1
Novaguy73 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ia Posts: 73	removing the gas tank?? What all is required and how much extra room do you get? __________________ -73' Nova 350 5-speed 9"rear, Runs 11's drives anywhere... -72' C10 350 Auto 12 bolt, runs 19's?? drives to work!

02-02-2006, 01:51 AM	#2
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	Re: removing the gas tank?? Just gotta remove ~6 bolts. As for extra room, it's a wedge shape...that's about all I can tell ya. The hardest part of removal is getting the stupid rubber grommits off of the filler neck and off of the gas line going through the floorboard. I'll find some pics hold on... __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

02-02-2006, 01:51 AM	#3
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	Re: removing the gas tank?? Here - I recently pulled mine out and made a note to take a lot of pictures: http://satellitehead.com/gallery/thu...s.php?album=11 __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

02-02-2006, 02:26 AM	#4
carl609 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lynnwood, WA Posts: 63	Re: removing the gas tank?? Does someone make a filler piece to weld in or do have to shape your own?

02-02-2006, 02:34 AM	#5
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	Re: removing the gas tank?? there are filler pieces out there but it's literally a round, barely curved piece of metal. You'll hafta shape it either way. all you need is a good body shaping hammer and block set to curve it once it's welded in. alternately, i have seen a plug that somoene makes for it, i guess (FirstGen had one on his truck) and i've also seen people french an antenna into that area, but i'm not sure how they drain the water out of it! __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

02-02-2006, 05:47 PM	#6
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: removing the gas tank?? Also you will get more room but the stock seat wont go back any farther then it allready does. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

02-03-2006, 02:34 PM	#7
49studebaker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Victor, Montana Posts: 386	Re: removing the gas tank?? My first thought about removing the tank is to make sure it has very little gas left inside. I took mine out a few weeks ago, I did it by myself and it was about 1/4 full of very old gas. Due to the lenght of the tank and no baffles, I see-sawed back and forth all the way to the outside of my shop. It nearly got away from me. Once that gas hits one end of the tank, you have to have a strong back and a good grip. As for the hole it leaves behind, I plan on cutting a patch from one of the bedsides I'm replacing. Should be really close to the same shape if you cut it directly across from the existing hole. __________________ 04 4x4 GMC Ext. Cab lifted 71 2wd GMC / Ramjet 350 ready for sheet metal 49 Studebaker pickup

02-03-2006, 09:21 PM	#8
Novaguy73 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ia Posts: 73	Re: removing the gas tank?? I was also wondering what is required to relocate the tank? Thanks __________________ -73' Nova 350 5-speed 9"rear, Runs 11's drives anywhere... -72' C10 350 Auto 12 bolt, runs 19's?? drives to work!

02-03-2006, 10:58 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: removing the gas tank?? here is a 6 page thread on what all is involved... a sticky ont his board. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=117123



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