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| BillH | Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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After seeing the pics of the C4 pumps, I really didn't want to disassemble the C2's fuel tank.
The outside isn't too bad, the pickup, fuel sender was rusty on the outside. But when I pulled the assy., damn it's just like new.  There was an eighth inch of fuel in there that was put in in 1979 , I thought it would be rock hard or like molassas but it was thin and washed out easily. The inside or the tank is beautiful, shiny zinc. Bless your low humidity- Reno.  Attach file:  2006-03-29 06-36-00_0001.JPG (0.00 KB) 2006-03-29 06-36-30_0002.JPG (0.00 KB) 2006-03-29 06-47-10_0007.JPG (0.00 KB) |
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Posted on: 2011/12/3 21:57
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| pianoguy | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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Excellent! Now, how are ya gonna fit that tank in your bead blaster? ;-)
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| BillH | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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| Ultraman | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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Hmmmm....lets see 1979 fuel was worth depending on where you were at......between .80 and 1.00 a gallon which adjusted for inflation is.......about 2.50 in todays money......maybe you can still use that stuff in something......
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| BillH | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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I'm lucky I didn't throwup, smelled like a dead cat. It was very close.  |
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Posted on: 2011/12/3 23:45
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Having smelled dead cat .......
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| bogus | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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I haven't smelled a dead cat... but live cat litter boxes ain't pretty.
I must say, the tanks condition is very impressive! |
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| Matatk | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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So....when will it be done?
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| bogus | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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| Matatk | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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I mean the car, not the fuel tank.   |
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| RickAnthony | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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Wow, you wouldn't see one in that nice of shape around here.. unless maybe it was garage kept just about all it's life.. with the salt ect.. it just eats away at everything..
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| BillH | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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There wasn't even one little piece of dirt on the pickup screen and zero corrosion anywhere. Supprised as hell. |
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Posted on: 2011/12/4 15:35
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| BillH | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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As soon as I find an extra $15,000 - $20,000 laying around. Hell, just the chrome & cad plating will be over $2k, $1k just for the bumpers. I'm hoping to get the suspension together by spring. Other than that, I'll just keep playin with rusty shit. Every part on the car has to be rebuilt, every part is 2 hours min. usually way more. The fuel tank alone will be at least 8 hours. |
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| Matatk | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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I saw this in the summit catalog the other day and was wondering if it worked: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/APP-1812290487/  |
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| BillH | Re: Fuel tank - blow me away. | ||
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Donno about that brand but, Summit also has Evaporust, I have 2 gal of that. It's quite impressive. And the big plus is that this stuff doesn't harm paint or plastic. The pic below is part of the horn button, it had moderate surface rust, soaked overnite, no harm to the nylon buttons, looks like brand new. I also have some Eastwood rust dissolver that leaves a black oxide coating on the part. Highly recommended. Attach file: 2006-03-30 05-28-46_0007.JPG (0.00 KB) |
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Posted on: 2011/12/4 19:57
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