so another quest with this 28 sedan is where to put the gas tank and battery...I know alot of guys put them in the back and conceal them with a platform or whatever...mine has a pretty cool rear seat that I might wanna keep in the car...although I dont know if anybody actually rides in the back?..anyway...what suggestions if do you guys have...thanks
right now the gas tank is one of those spun aluminum tanks attached to the rear of the car..its ok I guess..but I dont car for the look too much
How about a couple of pictures of your car? If it is stock height I would leave the battery under the floor. My first choice would be to leave the gas tank where Henry put it, my second would be saddle tanks on the frame. Charlie Stephens
Somebody makes a kit to install a '32 type tank in the rear. I think a good place for the battery is in the floor right behind the front p***enger seat.
Im gonna take out the clusterf##k of exaust under the car and run lake headers with baffles..this should open up plenty of room for the battery to go in the floor....thanks guys for the imput
yea..my first choice would be a stock tank too..but its gone, and I'm not sure how the saddle tanks would look with no running boards?...I dont have any pics of the car on this pc...but its a typical unchopped sedan with no fenders
saddle tanks won't look good without fenders/running boards/splash aprons. the battery through the floor in the rear is how i did my `28 Tudor...like how wingman did
Saddle tanks would not look good without fenders, that is why I asked for pictures to get the whole "picture". Charlie Stephens
I have a 29 Tudor and my battery is in the floor, under the front p***enger seat. I have saddle tanks and they're a pain to fill at stations that have a lot of pump pressure because the necks basically do a 90 into the tanks, if I had it to do over I'd buy a kit and install a 32 tank on the rear. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Keep the rear seat, That is why I got the tudor sedan in the first place. I put the tank behind the rear seat it is a '25 Model T tank oval tank. It's only 10 gal but that's ok. I found a Chevy tank (I think) at a swap meet that was shaped like the T tank but longer. I did not buy it but should have, so I ended up with the T tank. Point is, you can get a tank behind the seat and keep the seat. What about the chop on the car? did you chop it? what about the firewall? is it cut or pushed back? keep in mind that that stuff will make you want to push the front seats back and that will eat up rear seat room. Anyway, it can be done and is worth it. I like the idea of the '32 tank set up and would have looked into that more if it did not cost so much. Good luck!
I put the tank in the rear of my 30 sedan (inside) It takes up room for my back seat, but I wanted it to be safe. I see those "32" style aluminum tanks hanging out back of A's Terrible way to die in a simple rear end crash with fire all around you. I built my own tank out of heavy steel. it has 2 baffles in it. I also had it pro welded. it was heavy enofe to set the welder and WELD! I also have it covered so gas wont shoot into interior on impact.
car is not chopped ,channeled or modified at the firewall..I'' take a pic or two and post..its on the lift right now jacked up in the back cause I'm fixing the coilovers
as you can see the rear windows are plexi and have been glued in with some white ****..maybe caulking...anyway..thats a whole new project...either restore the windows to working..or come up with a better solution to fixed windows with real gl***
Stock tank is hard to beat. Rugged steel, factory welded seams, and baffles. Model A is no place to be in a collision, but this works for a mild rear or front hit. Fill from either side as fast as you want, great gas gage. Worked for me, should move the steering column support to the cowl tho.
If you go with the 32 style tank, you'll need to run fenders or it'll look weird hanging off the rear way out there. But if you are planning to run fenders, the 32 tank and rear frame covers is the way to go! This is my 28 Sedan. I didn't build it, but I fixed some of the problems. The guy that originally built it had the tank hanging too low in the back (drooped down in the back and had a gap between the tank and the tail pan) but it was an easy fix to just cut the rear frame extensions free and re-welded and boxed them. I also had to "C" notch the rear of the frame and box the rails cause the rear was bottoming out. He used repo rear frame rails, a Vintique tank, and repo frame covers and spreader bar. Pretty straight forward process. The rear is hung with a triangulated 4 link so there is no way you could **** the tank up under the car further forward. Its got about 1 1/2 inch between the front of the tank and the back of coil over springs. You have to widen the frame rails about 3/4 inch on each side and the original builder already had that figured out. If your rear end is hung with parallel leafs, you could possibly put the tank up under the car further. I cannot tell, its either painted black and blends in with the frame, or you deleted your rear lower belt line. That loses you a 1/4 of body panel that you could use to visually fill the gap.
beautiful sedan!!....and a hell of a lot of work you did to fit that tank!....I doubt that I will put fenders on this one, as it came like this, so it will most likely stay fenderless...although I am considering some bobbed off rear fenders only...I love fenders on model A's...so after I tighten this one up I'll most likely sell it and look for one with fenders....thanks for posting
As for a gas tank, how about a 1948-52 Ford pickup tank mounted in the back like this Did it in 62 and did it now. Fits like Henry designed it. Repops available from Speedway. Build a bulkhead and you can still have a back seat Warren
Wow..thats a great solution too!...where did you place your filler hole?....this is all great info...thanks so much guys
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