bumper fill gas tank

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » October 24, 2009, 12:13 am

doug, are those bumper brackets factory, or the repops? i have a sport bumper and am thinking about using it.

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » October 24, 2009, 2:23 pm

Chris,

I am sure they are factory...they came with the truck.

randyr · Post by **randyr** » October 24, 2009, 5:25 pm

Doug,
This looks really good. I met you & your son and saw your trucks at the Western Nationals this year. Is your truck still at stock ride height or are you lowering it some? Will your tank hang low enough to be visible under the truck when looking from a side view?
I look forward to seeing more pics as you finish it up.
Thanks for posting them.
Randy

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » October 25, 2009, 10:14 am

Hey Randy,

I am not planning to lower this truck...the visibility of the tank is an issue. I won't know how much you can see it until I put the bed back on. I painted the tank with a bedliner material to protect it and to make less noticeable. My next step is to finish plumbing it and then take it to the gas station to see how well it fills.

I will post some final pictures. Thanks for all the replies.

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » October 25, 2009, 10:31 am

My filler comes out on the passenger side. The tank came from a mid 90's SUV.....

I'm going to plumb it up behind the tail light.

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » October 25, 2009, 9:41 pm

fire truck...keep us informed on that one. If you have any pics of the progress, I would sure like to see them. I thought about doing that myself, but I am not a good enough metal or body man to pull that one off.

Very interesting concept...

jercasche · Post by **jercasche** » October 26, 2009, 1:23 am

I would have tried the tail light fill but I bought a mustang tank. I would like to see how it turns out for future slicks

randyr · Post by **randyr** » November 1, 2009, 7:01 pm

64Ranger wrote:Hey Randy,

I am not planning to lower this truck...the visibility of the tank is an issue. I won't know how much you can see it until I put the bed back on. I painted the tank with a bedliner material to protect it and to make less noticeable. My next step is to finish plumbing it and then take it to the gas station to see how well it fills.

I will post some final pictures. Thanks for all the replies.

Hey Doug,
Did you see the pic of your son's '56 in the Jan. 2010 issue of Classic Trucks magazine? It's included in photos from the F100 Western Nats. Thought you might wanna know if you didn't already....

Randy

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » November 2, 2009, 6:04 pm

Thanks Randy...I didn't know that. Now I have to go through the hassle of trying to find one of those magazines. I don't understand why they are so hard to find here in Riverside. Thanks again...

randyr · Post by **randyr** » November 2, 2009, 8:09 pm

64Ranger wrote:Thanks Randy...I didn't know that. Now I have to go through the hassle of trying to find one of those magazines. I don't understand why they are so hard to find here in Riverside. Thanks again...

If you can't find it, let me know and I'll send you mine. I'm almost finished reading it.

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » November 3, 2009, 11:31 am

Thanks again Randy...I found it at a local Borders...it is the Custom Classic Truck magazine I have a hard time finding. My son was really pumped about his truck being in a magazine.

Thanks again for the heads up.

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » November 9, 2009, 10:40 pm

Update...the tank filled fine and I had no surge of fuel out the filler cap. Very happy. Went to put on the bed back on and found that the rear sheet metal support underneath the bed was resting on top of the cross member. Dang it! It will not let the bed set all the way down on the frame. Back to the drawing board.

BobbyFord · Post by **BobbyFord** » November 9, 2009, 10:53 pm

64Ranger wrote:Update...the tank filled fine and I had no surge of fuel out the filler cap. Very happy. Went to put on the bed back on and found that the rear sheet metal support underneath the bed was resting on top of the cross member. Dang it! It will not let the bed set all the way down on the frame. Back to the drawing board.

I put the Mustang tank in my 72 and relocated the crossmember to the rear of the frame. If you put the crossmember in upside-down, the bed fits. Not sure if it's the same on your truck but something you may want to look into.

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » November 10, 2009, 12:27 pm

Thanks Bobby...I will look into that.

jercasche · Post by **jercasche** » November 10, 2009, 11:02 pm

I belive Uncle Skip had to flip his rear crossmember too. It is on the tech page of this website under mustang gas tank.

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » November 11, 2009, 10:12 am

Guys I finally figured out which tank I used...I had a pile.

It's a 90-98 Isuzu Rodeo/Honda Passport fuel tank.

I was in a pinch when I did it on the crew, so I didn't take time to get pics. I'll be doing the same to the 67 I just got soon. I'll do a write up them.

BTW this tank has a lp pump in the tank that can be wired up and used with a carb. My factory pump pull the fuel through it.

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » November 11, 2009, 11:15 am

Bobby and jercasche...I checked out the cross member last night and I did flip it upside down so it is concaved on the top. It is enough of a concave on this cross member to keep from interfering with the that support flange on the bottom of the bed.

I think I am going to have to drain the tank, drop it and cut the welds I put in to hold the cross member and move it back a couple of inches...WHAT A PIA!

I guess these are the things you have to do when redesigning these modification on these trucks.

Thanks so much for your interests guys....

BobbyFord · Post by **BobbyFord** » November 12, 2009, 8:41 pm

Man, that sucks, sorry to hear that.