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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!
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#35918 09/01/2004 10:16 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 | Okay, I finally eliminated all other possibilities and I am now sure my main problem is crud from my gas tank gunking everything up. The tank is the original one behind the seat which I don't like, so rather than removing it, cleaning it out and re-installing it, I would rather go ahead and put one under the bed. What I need to know is, what type of vehicle might I find in a wrecking yard that would have a tank that would fit nicely between my frame rails with a minimum amount of fussing and modifications to my truck or the tank? I am not much of a mechanic nor a welder nor a machinist and I really need something I can just slip into place, bolt in and hook up. Any suggestions? Please?
Thanks,
Dave :confused: :confused: :confused:
The only thing more amazing than my ability to cram 60 minutes of work into a 9 hour day is my talent for making it look effortless! My 1962 Chevy C-30 | | |
#35919 09/02/2004 12:07 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | "LMC" truck has a rear mount gas tank and sender and "Brothers Truck" has a suburban conversion tank kit to relocate the tank to the rear of the frame.
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#35920 09/02/2004 3:31 PM | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | The suburban/blazer tank will be the easiest, I believe. Stick with 72 & earlier, there was a change with the 73 model. I bought a used tank, but it became a money pit. Didn't give much for the tank, but soon found that I would have to pay around $100 to have it boiled, and there is a big waiting list, only one shop in the area boils gas tanks now. Add to that a quart of tank sealer and sending unit, it soon became better to buy a new steel tank for $250 or so.
Fred
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#35922 09/02/2004 8:12 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 | Thanks to all for the info!  Hey Joe, do you happen to know if the suburban tanks go between the frame rails under the bed? I'm going to try to find one of the 'next to nothing' ones at a wrecking yard. Thanks, Dave :p
The only thing more amazing than my ability to cram 60 minutes of work into a 9 hour day is my talent for making it look effortless! My 1962 Chevy C-30 | | |
#35924 09/03/2004 12:01 AM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 | Hey Dave,
I've been researching the same kind of thing for my '47 panel. I can Email you a couple of pictures that may help, but I don't have a website to host them so I can't post them here. I may also be able to dig into my Email archives and let you know who had a tank that I didn't buy.
One of the pictures is a photo that a guy sent me of the gas tank hanger hardware from his AD Suburban. They are the earlier type that nest inside the right frame rail and mount the gas tank between the frame and driveshaft. The other is a diagram from a "Factory Assembly Manual" that I bought on-line. The book isn't really an assembly manual, more like a collection of drawings from 1953, but still very useful. This particular drawing is the detail of how the tank is mounted (panel and Suburban again) between the right frame rail and the driveshaft, suspended from two braces that span all the way across the frame and bolt into the top of both the left and right rails.
Don't lose your head to save a minute,
You need your head, your brains are in it.
Burma-Shave (1947)
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#35925 09/03/2004 12:04 AM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 | Hey Dave,
I've been researching the same kind of thing for my '47 panel. I can Email you a couple of pictures that may help, but I don't have a website to host them so I can't post them here. I may also be able to dig into my Email archives and let you know who had a tank that I didn't buy.
One of the pictures is a photo that a guy sent me of the gas tank hanger hardware from his AD Suburban. They are the earlier type that nest inside the right frame rail and mount the gas tank between the frame and driveshaft. The other is a diagram from a "Factory Assembly Manual" that I bought on-line. The book isn't really an assembly manual, more like a collection of drawings from 1953, but still very useful. This particular drawing is the detail of how the tank is mounted (panel and Suburban again) between the right frame rail and the driveshaft, suspended from two braces that span all the way across the frame and bolt into the top of both the left and right rails.
Don't lose your head to save a minute,
You need your head, your brains are in it.
Burma-Shave (1947)
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#35926 09/03/2004 12:07 AM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 | Dunno how that happened... Must have hit the tab key, typed a sentence and hit ENTER.
All I was gonna say is, check your Email and I'll drop you a line so you can tell me where to send the pictures.
Don't lose your head to save a minute,
You need your head, your brains are in it.
Burma-Shave (1947)
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#35927 09/03/2004 12:37 AM | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 | Okay, now my face is really red... I typed all that and screwed up on double posting it, then I read back up and see that the discussion is not about an AD at all. Dave, my pictures will not be any help to you. I just have ADs on the brain. My apologies to everyone whose time I wasted reading all that. Moderator, feel free to delete my posts in this thread. 
Don't lose your head to save a minute,
You need your head, your brains are in it.
Burma-Shave (1947)
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