When I bought my '53 1/2 ton GMC a couple weeks ago it came with a new gas tank with sending unit installed. When I pulled the seat forward to get a look at the old tank I noticed that the fuel line does not come out of the top of the tank like it does on the new tank. I climed under the truck and saw the fuel petcock just like wv hillbilly's. And it works good. So what year does my new tank fit?
The new tanks are made to use the '54 and later sending unit with a top pick-up. They will fit in your '53 but you'll have to run a line to the new sending unit.
I'f you can save the old tank, I'd use it.
Some of the new tanks have a nut on bottom. From what's been posted here, that nut has bolt threads and the valve will not mate to it.
