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FLDBRED · 07-03-2013, 08:32 PM

It's time for me to remove my gas tank to get out old gas and crud. I was considering relocating it. What percentage of 67 -72 Chevy trucks do you think have moved their tanks from the stock location?

ItsRandy · 07-03-2013, 10:03 PM

Mine is in the back.

ajsfirehawk · 07-03-2013, 10:04 PM

I'm battling with the same decision. I've run a dozen tanks of gas through mine, changed both fuel filters twice and the rust is never ending. Moving it into the truck bed is a little pricey. Ultimately I'd like to go with EFI and I don't want to pay to move it back and then upgrade for EFI. Essentially paying for it twice. I'm looking at the pour in sealer option, but not sure that is truly effective. Cheapest route is to replace old in cab tank with a new one. I'm on the fence.

brad_man_72 · 07-03-2013, 10:10 PM

Doesn't matter what everybody else does, what works for you.
Do you want more storage/space in the cab?
Want to do bodywork to shave the filler hole?
Want better weight distribution?
Do you haul anything ever?
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randywa · 07-03-2013, 10:17 PM

I'm currently helping restore a '71. The tank is just behind the rear axle, right rear tail light filler, and F.A.S.T. EZ EFI. Getting the tank out of the cab made room for some really comfy seats.

**special-K** · 07-03-2013, 10:23 PM

Mine's under the hood. I had to put it there because my spare is behind the seat and the engine is in the rear

BlackedOut67shorty · 07-03-2013, 10:45 PM

Still rocking it in the cab. Like to have a spare tank in the rear someday but I'm not moving the tank from my cab anytime soon.
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Zoomin · 07-03-2013, 11:38 PM

Mine's right where GM put it.
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mcmlxix · 07-04-2013, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ajsfirehawk

I'm battling with the same decision. I've run a dozen tanks of gas through mine, changed both fuel filters twice and the rust is never ending. Moving it into the truck bed is a little pricey. Ultimately I'd like to go with EFI and I don't want to pay to move it back and then upgrade for EFI. Essentially paying for it twice. I'm looking at the pour in sealer option, but not sure that is truly effective. Cheapest route is to replace old in cab tank with a new one. I'm on the fence.

You can use the newer Blazer/Burb tank... Use the non EFI pick up now and swap to the in tank EFI pump later...

GASoline71 · 07-04-2013, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoomin

Mine's right where GM put it.

Mine too...

Gary

big_al_71 · 07-04-2013, 12:09 AM

Mine is inside the cab as it was designed

BruthaMan · 07-04-2013, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoomin

Mine's right where GM put it.

Same here. Have no intention of moving it.

I want to be cremated when I die, so if I get in a wreck bad enough to cause an explosion, I'll just save the family a few thousand dollars with a two for one special!

Scott>72-GMC · 07-04-2013, 01:51 AM

Rockin it in the cab as well
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**special-K** · 07-04-2013, 06:41 AM

I was obviously kidding before. I've owned dozens of these trucks and never asked this question. It is where it is and that has always worked just fine. I have no issue with putting tanks under the bed,for whatever reason,but the next thing you hear people as is,"Where do I put my spare?" You go changing up on the master plan,you better figure the whole thing out first. I may do it just so I can put killer speakers behind the seat,cuz my shortbed is my traveling machine. The spare will be in the bed under the tonneau. Still haven't made that decision. Putting them in the bed is another story...why??? I just can't fathom rendering a truck so useless. I realize so many now only by trucks for their style and not their usefulness. Heck,my argument with those who say my little lowered shortbed is useless is,"I have bigger trucks.This is my car". I'm just a truck guy and if I didn't have a shortbed I'd have an El Camino. I'll always have a full-tilt hauler but even my li'l shortbed will be capable. I don't do show queens anymore. That's useless to me.

Hubscrub · 07-04-2013, 07:15 AM

Mine is still in the cab both trucks. Even if i relocated them i would leave the filler neck i love the look of it, and i always carry a spare with me no point in being stranded with something that simple to fix in five min. I got some of the new type of cable spare holders off the new chevy trucks i plan on using on mine back there.

Don Quixote · 07-04-2013, 08:57 AM

I run the one in the cab. Why mess with what is not broke? I really do need an auxilliary tank and can't decide whether to use an in bed tank or a Blazer tank...
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FLDBRED · 07-04-2013, 10:27 AM

Great responses guys, thanks! For now I guess I'll just remove it, clean it, put a new sending unit in it and put it back in it's stock location.

54belair · 07-04-2013, 12:14 PM

My guess would be about 25% relocate.
I relocated mine to behind the rear axle with the filler behind a drop down license plate.
I used the 69 camaro tank. Installation was easy, its a 19 gal. tank and still doesnt hang down lower then the diff. Ive talked to several guys who have done this and there doesnt seem to be an issue on filling. I then used the old filler neck hole for a recessed antenna.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 07-04-2013, 01:04 PM

Mine is a blazer tank mounted in the rear of the truck ..

Fldawg · 07-04-2013, 01:21 PM

mine's behind the seat, that's part of these trucks i will not change, you would be suprised at the comments when dads tell the kids the tank is behind the seat

Don Quixote · 07-05-2013, 11:02 AM

Funny story...

About 12 years ago, I was backing into a driveway up in my hometown in New Hampshire in the winter and this poor kid with a new-to-him S10 slammed into the side of the stepside bed I was running at the time, hard enough to bend his frame.

I wound up with a creased up fender but otherwise nothing else. I was going to let the kid go but his father was driving from the couch and wanted a police report. The officer came and looked his truck over and told him it was probably going to the junkyard. He looked at mine and I showed him my fender.

The officer was astonished. He asked me if that was it and I told him what you see is what you get.

"No frame damage?"

"He came nowhere near it."

"Gas tank damage?"

"Nope, that's in the cab, he was nowhere near that either."

"You mean to tell me that this fender crease is all you have from this accident?"

"Yes, sir."

I have since been convinced that because of it's location, it is about the safest place in the truck for a gas tank. I have read posts where it had gone bad but then I have seen firsthand where seatbelts are bad and yet we still call them safe.

I might put a tank in the Blazer spot as an auxilliary but the cab tank stays.

My wife had reservations at first about the smell but I told her we have vents and windows. How about the winter? She asks me.

My heater has two overall settings that most can agree on, hot and blast furnace. I am not seeing the venting issue either...

07-03-2013, 08:32 PM	#1
FLDBRED Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CENTRAL,NJ Posts: 586	Where's your gas tank? It's time for me to remove my gas tank to get out old gas and crud. I was considering relocating it. What percentage of 67 -72 Chevy trucks do you think have moved their tanks from the stock location?

07-03-2013, 10:03 PM	#2
ItsRandy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Grand Terrace, Ca. Posts: 1,607	Re: Where's your gas tank? Mine is in the back.

07-03-2013, 10:04 PM	#3
ajsfirehawk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Longmont Posts: 26	Re: Where's your gas tank? I'm battling with the same decision. I've run a dozen tanks of gas through mine, changed both fuel filters twice and the rust is never ending. Moving it into the truck bed is a little pricey. Ultimately I'd like to go with EFI and I don't want to pay to move it back and then upgrade for EFI. Essentially paying for it twice. I'm looking at the pour in sealer option, but not sure that is truly effective. Cheapest route is to replace old in cab tank with a new one. I'm on the fence.

07-03-2013, 10:10 PM	#4
brad_man_72 the boat guy Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: springfield mo Posts: 2,339	Re: Where's your gas tank? Doesn't matter what everybody else does, what works for you. Do you want more storage/space in the cab? Want to do bodywork to shave the filler hole? Want better weight distribution? Do you haul anything ever? Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 67, swb, fleet, tach, throttle, 5.3, 4l60e, 3.73's, fuel cell, 5 lug, p.d.b., 4-6 drop. great little truck 66, stevens drag/ski 18' silouette, 350, 2.02 doublehump heads. comp extreme marine 278 cam, vette 7 fin valve covers, old polished edelbrock intake, velvetdrive, casale v-drive, adj cavitation plate. 28, model a rpu project,

07-03-2013, 10:17 PM	#5
randywa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Republic, Mo. Posts: 34	Re: Where's your gas tank? I'm currently helping restore a '71. The tank is just behind the rear axle, right rear tail light filler, and F.A.S.T. EZ EFI. Getting the tank out of the cab made room for some really comfy seats.

07-03-2013, 10:23 PM	#6
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07-03-2013, 10:45 PM	#7
BlackedOut67shorty Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: error 404 location not found Posts: 816	Re: Where's your gas tank? Still rocking it in the cab. Like to have a spare tank in the rear someday but I'm not moving the tank from my cab anytime soon. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1995 s10 blazer 4.3 1967 c10 350/350 fleet short 1993 s10 blazer 4.3l 4l60 RIP 6/20/14 2000 mercury sable Thats a how I roll

07-03-2013, 11:38 PM	#8
Zoomin Man of Mini-Talents Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,295	Re: Where's your gas tank? Mine's right where GM put it. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Steve Project - Ruth 66 Skylark Project - Lola 60 Biscayne Project - Iron Ox 54 GMC 100 Project - Darth 69 Camaro

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07-04-2013, 01:51 AM	#13
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07-04-2013, 06:41 AM	#14
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Where's your gas tank? I was obviously kidding before. I've owned dozens of these trucks and never asked this question. It is where it is and that has always worked just fine. I have no issue with putting tanks under the bed,for whatever reason,but the next thing you hear people as is,"Where do I put my spare?" You go changing up on the master plan,you better figure the whole thing out first. I may do it just so I can put killer speakers behind the seat,cuz my shortbed is my traveling machine. The spare will be in the bed under the tonneau. Still haven't made that decision. Putting them in the bed is another story...why??? I just can't fathom rendering a truck so useless. I realize so many now only by trucks for their style and not their usefulness. Heck,my argument with those who say my little lowered shortbed is useless is,"I have bigger trucks.This is my car". I'm just a truck guy and if I didn't have a shortbed I'd have an El Camino. I'll always have a full-tilt hauler but even my li'l shortbed will be capable. I don't do show queens anymore. That's useless to me. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

07-04-2013, 07:15 AM	#15
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Where's your gas tank? Mine is still in the cab both trucks. Even if i relocated them i would leave the filler neck i love the look of it, and i always carry a spare with me no point in being stranded with something that simple to fix in five min. I got some of the new type of cable spare holders off the new chevy trucks i plan on using on mine back there. __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

07-04-2013, 08:57 AM	#16
Don Quixote Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Woodlawn, TN Posts: 275	Re: Where's your gas tank? I run the one in the cab. Why mess with what is not broke? I really do need an auxilliary tank and can't decide whether to use an in bed tank or a Blazer tank... Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Rocinante: 1972 GMC C25, 292, SM465, 14 bolt, power nothing, 440k and still handles my PCS moves Jorge: Kia Roller-skate with lots of buttons for the wife Wovoka: 2017 Indian Chief Vintage, better on gas but not much So far, this is the oldest I've ever been.

07-04-2013, 10:27 AM	#17
FLDBRED Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CENTRAL,NJ Posts: 586	Re: Where's your gas tank? Great responses guys, thanks! For now I guess I'll just remove it, clean it, put a new sending unit in it and put it back in it's stock location.

07-04-2013, 12:14 PM	#18
54belair Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: bolivar, mo Posts: 839	Re: Where's your gas tank? My guess would be about 25% relocate. I relocated mine to behind the rear axle with the filler behind a drop down license plate. I used the 69 camaro tank. Installation was easy, its a 19 gal. tank and still doesnt hang down lower then the diff. Ive talked to several guys who have done this and there doesnt seem to be an issue on filling. I then used the old filler neck hole for a recessed antenna. __________________ 1997 shortie stepside 1968 short stepside 1966 mustang 1966 chevelle ss Dont always go the cheapest route--You can save yourself into the poorhouse! My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=489030



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07-05-2013, 11:02 AM	#21
Don Quixote Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Woodlawn, TN Posts: 275	Re: Where's your gas tank? Funny story... About 12 years ago, I was backing into a driveway up in my hometown in New Hampshire in the winter and this poor kid with a new-to-him S10 slammed into the side of the stepside bed I was running at the time, hard enough to bend his frame. I wound up with a creased up fender but otherwise nothing else. I was going to let the kid go but his father was driving from the couch and wanted a police report. The officer came and looked his truck over and told him it was probably going to the junkyard. He looked at mine and I showed him my fender. The officer was astonished. He asked me if that was it and I told him what you see is what you get. "No frame damage?" "He came nowhere near it." "Gas tank damage?" "Nope, that's in the cab, he was nowhere near that either." "You mean to tell me that this fender crease is all you have from this accident?" "Yes, sir." I have since been convinced that because of it's location, it is about the safest place in the truck for a gas tank. I have read posts where it had gone bad but then I have seen firsthand where seatbelts are bad and yet we still call them safe. I might put a tank in the Blazer spot as an auxilliary but the cab tank stays. My wife had reservations at first about the smell but I told her we have vents and windows. How about the winter? She asks me. My heater has two overall settings that most can agree on, hot and blast furnace. I am not seeing the venting issue either... __________________ Rocinante: 1972 GMC C25, 292, SM465, 14 bolt, power nothing, 440k and still handles my PCS moves Jorge: Kia Roller-skate with lots of buttons for the wife Wovoka: 2017 Indian Chief Vintage, better on gas but not much So far, this is the oldest I've ever been.

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