I’m on you side Bill and Ken. If I got hit I would rather have the tank protected just where it is. Tanks under the back or side of the bed in my opinion are prime targets for that driver that’s busy text messaging. I think if you got hit hard enough to get into the tank behind the seat that it would be to late to worry about dieing in a fire. Under the bed back? If you get hit in the (rear) end, which is where you get it from most of the time, the entire truck is going to be sitting in a pool of gasoline, back to front. Put it on the right side behind the frame and again a good chance it’s gonna get ruptured. A good smack will bend the frame and that’s all the protection it has. But up high in the cab, it’s protected by the frame and all the cab structure from the side, and there is a lot of crush available from the side.
BC, if you got a smelly cab you either have a leaky tank, bad gasket at the sender, sender screw seal washers missing, bad hose connections or the outer seal is leaking when you over fill the tank. There is absolutely no gas odor in my 1950, 3604 or any of the other trucks that I have worked on or been in that had the tank installed properly.
As fur as the original post, what to do if your original tank is on it’s last legs, just simply buy a new one and never have to worry about it as long as you live. They are really priced quite reasonably and a small investment next to the overall cost of a restoration.
Robert, you aren’t Raymond’s brother are you?? You could also leave your boots off or let your wife chauffer you around, unless she’s 6’4”. Just pullin’ your leg buddy, big and tall are at a disadvantage in these trucks. Good thing that you dint pick an Art Deco.
But Longbox Bill, we all know how bullheaded you are, you’d probably figure out a way to squeeze into a Crosley.
Yep Ken, couldn’t agree with you more. Spectra Premium is the absolute best, tank and fits perfect. Some of you might remember the ’50 I helped a friend with last year. And yes Fred, we had to send the tank back to the vendor because the neck and outlets were wrong. Ended up getting a Spectra Premium and couldn’t have been happier with it.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
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