I am in the midst of restoring my great uncle's '41 3/4 ton long wheel base that he bought in 1942. Don't want a show truck, just a reliable nice looking driver. Gas tank is rusty inside, no holes though, and the three gallons of three year old drained gas from the last time I ran it was not cloudy with rust particles. Local rad shop says they will cut three 10 inch holes in it, bead blast it clean, TIG weld the pieces back in and seal it up with a liquid sealer for about $235. Guy says he has probably done over a hundred of them that way. Question, are replacement tanks made? Are there other tanks from modern iron that can be substituted, with modification or without? I read a lot of posts about acid cleaning and shaking it after dumping in a bunch of 5/16 square nuts. Some guy swears by the square nuts. Any thoughts on the subject?
Either I didn't do it right or there isn't much in the archives about the subject.
Trucks history is as follows. Bought by my great uncle in Nebraska in 1942 for farm use, he parked it in the garage in town in 1962, and it was purchased by my girlfriend in 1972 for $350 before we were married. She wanted a funky truck! We divorced in 1988 and in 1990 she gave Hannah back to me for my 40th birthday. Nice Ex!
Apparently somewhere in the family photos, there is a photo taken in the early 50's of the truck so many sacks of oats in the grain box, that the overload springs have a reverse curve and the tires are flat. My great uncles and grandfather are supposedly in the photo grinning for all they are worth. No one can find the photo.
