[themoose]

I received a PM a short time ago from chopper526 (Jim) saying that he had a tech article that was published in a 2005 issue of Car Collector magazine that explained how to restore your vintage gas tank. He thought that it might be of interest to our members as there were some earlier post on the Rusty Bowtie sight that were looking for information on the subject.Jim stated that he didn't have the tools to copy and post it on our site and asked that if he were to send the magazine to me would be possible to copy and post the article. Sure enough a few days later the magazine arrived in the mail and I was able to copy the article and create the .pdf file that's attached below. This is a perfect example of what a great group of guys we have on the Rusty Bowtie and how  willing they are to go out of their way to be helpful. THANKS JIM!!!

Moose

[FATnLOW]

Thanks ,,,Chopper and Moose....Just what I needed,, Thanks for the    PDF  file....

[chopper526]

Geez, Moose, you're FAST!!!! Great job, brother!

[62131]

These type of articles is what keeps us continuing to do things are self and keeps the hobby of building cars interesting.

Thank you both, we need more information posted   

[vette59jdwl]

thanks very very much MOOSE & JIM  this is very interesting.I know my gas tank is what i call to far gone  someone once said something about galvizing my gas tank  But i think it would be much easier to roll and weld my new one .I don't think it will be a difficult thing.The 32 tank is oval no funny kinks or bends and two ends with a baffle  but thanks alot   vette59jdwl

[sixball]

Once he puts nuts and bolts in the tank my friend uses this to agitate them and loosen the rust.

[62131]

That will take a lot of the work out of it.

[themoose]

So I guess I would have the choice of either buying a tractor and a forklift of a new gas tank

Moose

[EDNY]

Just box it up, put a note on the outside noting:  "Handle With Care - Plants Inside", then mail it to yourself...buy the time you get it the box will be beat up and everything inside the tank will be destroyed.

I know from experience..had some Juneberry plants shipped to my place this Spring with the same markings...4 out of 8 plants were destroyed

[chopper526]

That's a good one. Funny but innovative. Necessity is the mother of invention, or tractors and forklifts are a mother on your gas tank!

[vette59jdwl]

  62131 said something about information or articles that are out of the box..Well i have had some interest in de cluttering my firewall on the 32 roadster and what has come to mind is putting the brake booster and master cylinder in the trunk and driving it with a slave unit. Ok  Jump on board LeRoy and beat me with a stick  vett59jdwl   Laugh all you want this sound so real i think i just might end up with 4 wheel hydraulic power brakes on the vette

[Kyburbn]

I just restored the fuel tank in my '27 Chevy coupe.  It has the 10 gallon tank with the manual fuel guage inside.  The '27 had sat inside a building for at least 15 years or more with what looked to be an inch of gunk and rust in the bottom from sitting.  I used water from my hose to remove the large crud and then my high pressure washer to get even more.  Once the "big stuff" was gone I put a can full of nuts and bolts inside of the tank, sealed up all holes and shook the daylights out of it for hours.  I rinsed the tank out with water and continued to shake the tank until the water came out clear.  I added hot water and degreaser to the next round of shaking and was surprised that I had did a pretty good job with just water.  I dried the tank with compressed air and laid it our it the hot sun in hope of prevently flash rusting.  I was lucky and the tank had no holes and cleaned up really nice.  My plan was to clean, etch and seal the tank using KBS.  After what I did I decided there wasn't a need to seal the tank.  I have a couple of inline filters just in case a few loose pieces are still hanging around inside the tank, but so far she looks good.