I had previously fabbed the gas tank mount but held off on welding it into the frame until the rear suspension was better defined. With the rear suspension pretty much completed, it was time to nail down the gas tank particulars.
To allow some room to route the exhaust (which will be tight), it was evident that I needed to lower the gas tank relative to the frame a bit to give me a fighting chance to get the exhaust to fit. So I cut the ears off the tank framework and sunk it into the frame as shown and welded it to the boxing plate in the front and I added a small plate in the rear to weld it to.
I also had found a chrome gas tank cap and a short beaded filler neck that I could use. I welded the filler neck into the rear truck bed structure as shown at a slight angle to align with the tank. I will eventually buy a short rubber hose to connect the filler neck to the tank. I also had to fab a new closeout angle to snake around new filler neck. This angle will later be drilled to hold down the wood bed just like the original straight part did.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
