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I have serched this and could not find any good info on it.
Question: Has anyone removed the fuel tank from behind the seat on a '60s C-10 and replaced it with a under the truck fuel tank from sonething out of a junk yard???
I see that LMC Truck sells a relocation kit & tank for $219.99 plus S&H. Thats not bad at all, however, I am over my budjet on this allready and am looking for ways to save money everywhere I can at this time!

look at an S-10 blazer, I know it has been used on AD's, not sure about the later trucks

I would be wary of using a tank out of a salvage yard. If you do make sure it's clean (no rust or varnished gas) inside. Potentially huge problems await if you use a tank with crud in it.

I dont know about Tennessee, but I have tried to find a gas tank at a salvage yard and they will not sell you one in Texas. Maybe because of the problems Tiny has mentioned. Try swap meets. I found a new gas tank for $35 that had only a small dent in it at a swap meet.

In my area of California, they punch a hole in the tank and remove the gas before they are allowed to put it in the yard. Part of the Clean Air and Water Act by EPA, I think.

The more I think about this, the more it bothers me. We have some trully bonified, gunuine, unconditionally STUPID drivers around here! Just this very afternoon while on lunch break I seen 2 vehicles run red lights! I am afraid of the fuel tank being inside the cab & if I was to get t-boned by someone,,,,,,well,,,,,it would most likely not end up too good!
I do believe it is in my best intrest to just bite the bullet and order the previously mentioned new tank kit. But thanks for the replys and info! What the heck, I'm over budjet anyway! A few more months of credit card payments wont be that bad for a little extra safty!!!

LMC sell a new 20 gal blazer tank for $99. Check their 82-04 s-10 Blazer catalog. That may be an option. http://www.lmctruck.com/ICATALOG/CST/full.aspx?Page=134

The way to get a tank in Calif. is find a truck that is going to the W. yard and remove it boil it out and have it coated. I did this to my boat tanks and have had ZERO problems. What really gets me is if you look at the wrecking yards they are spilling more fuel on the ground than they are saving form the enviroment.
Depending how big the hole is you can have it Welded up by A Qualified shop who has the chemicals to do it profesionaly. NOW DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF OR I WILL READ ABOUT YOU IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER UNDER THE STUPID COLUMN. MAN BLOWS SELF UP TRYING TO GET BY CHEAP!! Good Luck on a tank. You can have one made out of pickled iron custom made to fit your truck.
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Don

If you can get a tank larger than you need from a junkyard, you can get it cut down, re welded & sealed with a life time warranty. Moyer Fuel Tank Renu in Greensburg, PA is the source. (http://www.gas-tank.com/)

My dad used them in 1992 for a D*dge truck tank. The truck now rests in the back field, dead, but the gas tank is still solid.

Moyer's cleans the entire tank, bakes out the fumes, sand blasts inside & out & applies an indestructable coating.

Kit Car magizine had them modify a tank several years ago & did an article on the process.