[old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-24 Thread will_nelle
I restored my gas tank about a year ago; let me share my story. I was rather anxious about doing so after hearing all sorts of, that didn't work for me stories. Many, many folks seemed to indicate that is was virtually impossible to restore a gas task successfully on your own. I was not

[old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-12 Thread vwnate1
Cool Mike ; I cannot seem to keep all the various names straight . There's a good buncha folks on this list , ready to help . I bet if you asked any welding shop they could bend up a set of 1/4 straps to hols the saddle typ gas tnak to the frame , esp. if you had the bed off so they could

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-09 Thread REMWilsonWY
I'm green with envy. In my youth I used to do field work all day on a 1952 JD A on our 357 acre farm in Wakeman Ohio. I have it on my list to find and rebuild one after the 1952 3600 and the 1926 Model T that are in line. My brother just finished rebuilding a JD 730. Bob Moore [Non-text

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-09 Thread Steve Hanberg
JD Green I presume. I too spent some time on the farm with some Johnny Poppers. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.OldSub.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-09 Thread Jonas Thaler
Not to mention name brands but what about Coca-Cola? (Half joking...) On Sep 9, 2006, at 7:48 AM, vwnate1 wrote: Acetone is the stuff to use , as much as he can afford and have him toss in a BIG handfull of _clean_ sheet metal screws , nuts washers to help scrape off the crud in the

RE: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-09 Thread Douglas C Sims
Too much sugar and not enough acid :) Doug -Original Message- From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonas Thaler Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 11:29 AM To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-09 Thread 47 1 ton Dan
My 47 1 ton has had several modifications, one of which is the gas tank(s). It currently has two saddle bag tanks, but I was wondering if anyone could confirm that these actually came with a underbody style gas tank? I have someone working on the truck now who says that only one of the tanks

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-08 Thread Albion Baucom
On Sep 8, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Douglas C Sims wrote: I just love it when they bring out NEW data on OLD chemicals. I worked in a chemical plant making Benzene Toluene. None of the MSDS sheets for Toluene looked anything like that. Of course the old hands used to wash their tools with

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration

2006-09-08 Thread Alan Lubow
Denver - Original Message - From: wgilbert_99 To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:07 PM Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Re: Gas Tank Restoration What you say is true. I am now 64 and have been up to my elbows in that stuff, about once a year