The tank in my 53 is in pretty nice shape. Just a little rust at the bottom. I took it out and put a couple of gallons of gas in it with a couple of handfuls of nuts and bolts. I put it in the bed of my work truck and drove around for a week or so. It worked well. The interesting part was when I dumped it out a quarter and silver dollar sized chunks of lead came out with it. I have owned the truck for 45 years. It's a factory tank. It must have been in the since it was made. I put them back in there just for sentimental reasons. I guess I'm running leaded fuel.
