Stainless or Aluminum? Movin' tank out back

[ken71gmc]

Howdy all! Have smoothed the old tank filler in the cab hole and am doing the gas tank to the rear. Bought a poly tank early on in the resto and don't care for it. Mounting is weak, my biggest beef. Anyones ideas on either aluminum or stainless and a company would be appreciated. Aluminum tends to be less expensive but if stainless is tops I'll fork out the extra dough. Using the bed fill and probably hinged lid to cover filler. Anybody with pics or suggestions on websites please bring it on. Thanks and have a great one.

[Kid]

Stainless or aluminum both make good fuel tanks. The Stainless would be less weight, but like you said, would cost more. To give you some ideas, take a look at the link below to see an aluminum tank I built & installed in my 68.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=50348

[Ram-Man]

Originally Posted by ken71gmc

Howdy all! Have smoothed the old tank filler in the cab hole and am doing the gas tank to the rear. Bought a poly tank early on in the resto and don't care for it. Mounting is weak, my biggest beef. Anyones ideas on either aluminum or stainless and a company would be appreciated. Aluminum tends to be less expensive but if stainless is tops I'll fork out the extra dough. Using the bed fill and probably hinged lid to cover filler. Anybody with pics or suggestions on websites please bring it on. Thanks and have a great one.

One thought on mounting the plastic one use straps like the factory does. The plastic one I bought was designed to be hung. If you get smacked in the rear (no pun intended) you want that tank to rip the straps off and not be bolted solid and end up tearing a hole in it. You wont see a production vehicle with a under vehicle tank bolted in solid. Only hung by straps.

[see ten]

Tucker's has a nice looking aluminum one. Early Classic also has a stainless steel one that looks tip top.