Jeff Davis wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone out there know of a gas tank that would fit a '51 AD. I'd
> like to install it between the frame rails, between the cab and the rearend.
> This way I could still carry a spare behind the rearend. I'm thinking of
> running the fill pipe up thru the bed floor and out the side of the bed in
> the forward corner on the drivers side.
> Don't know about anyone else, but that idea of having the fill cap on
> the passanger side of the auto just aggrevates the hell out of me. Maybe
> It's because I can't get the wife to believe that, by design, this makes it
> her job to fill the tank, check the oil and air and wash the windows.;).
>
> Jeff Davis
> '51 custom
Hi Jeff,
Take a look at the '47-'48 tanks. You might be able to adapt one to fit
the drivers side. The filler neck goes through the box side underneath
the floor.
As for your wife...if you ever get her to go for it, let me know how so
I can train Karen! *G*
Alan Gingles
1948 Chevy 1314
http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
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