| |
Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,187 Posts1,057,211 Members48,465 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 58 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2021 Posts: 58 | I'm looking into what I can use for a fuel tank for my AD '47 1.5 ton. They originally had a passenger-side tank outboard of the frame rail, which won't work for me as I will be doing a (huge) pickup-style bed on mine. I also can't use a behind-the-seat tank as the '47s did not have a hole in the cab side for the filler neck... and I'm not real jazzed about drilling one in a cab this nice. That, and I'd rather have the extra room for tools, etc.
What are my alternatives? I've seen a few underbed tanks that are listed for the smaller trucks. Has anyone used them with any success? Not looking for faithful restoration, just something functional. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,876 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,876 | Try a stainless steel beer keg. With a little rubbing compound and a couple of hours' work with a wool buffing pad, you can make it shine like chrome. It will make a really eye-catching decoration for the front of that bed.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,236 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,236 | Look at modern trucks (like a stake bed) for a tank that fits between the frame and drive shaft under the bed. Then get creative with the filler neck install on your custom bed. Mike B  | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | On a 46 1/2T we used one tank off of a dual tank pickup, can't remember if Chevy or Ford. Put it on the drivers side between frame and driveshaft so filler would be in a handier position. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/vDzqwSs3/Trigger-005.jpg[/img]
Evan
| | |
|
|
| |
