Hey guys, I am looking for a new fuel tank for my 54. I tryed to repair mine and it lasted about 8 months but rust has got the best of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff, Thanks for the quick response i gave them a call they had closed. I will call back tommorow and see if they have one. I also noticed on there web site. i may be able to get a windshield with no tint. Thanks again
Another possible source is a guy that sells on ebay. tomscl***ics is his auction name so you can search & see what he's got listed, I think he's in Minnesota. I got a new tank for my '56 - included the sending unit and 2 new straps, about $200, A-OK quality & fit. I don't know if he does '54s but usually he has a bunch of stuff listed. Ron
I didn't know that. He forgot to send the straps with my tank, I called and he had them to me within a couple of days.
I guess if you're restoring it, then an OE style tank is good, I'm a big supporter of mustang tanks though, they're good stuff, and really cheap. It also lets you have the filler in your trunk with very little h***le
i bought mine of fleabay and got a killer price i thought with free shipping . ive bought stuff from tom on there and good service . i dont rmember who i got the tank from . go ahead and get straps and sending unit . the one i took out of mine somebody made out of body panels and bodoed the seems , guess im lucky i didnt blow up on the way home . what ****ed was my wife told me to fill it up not just put some in it to get home . i think it was about 4.25 a gallon at that point and just watched it run out on the ground till i could get home .
I just received my 56 tank, strap and sending unit from tomscl***ic. Top my door was $253, and it looks like ok stuff. I'm ***uming he can do 54 stuff too? What was the reference about Mustang tanks???
If you call Drake directly and basically ask them for the sale price on their 54 tank, using your best haggling abilities...they'll give you the $260 price on their reproduction tank (at least they did for me)...which is a, no questions, first cl*** piece. The retail price of $320 was too rich for my blood, but $260 made it acceptable, and sure enough, when it showed up, the thing is like art-work it's so nice. Drake has also modified the fuel sender opening to accept a wide variety of modern senders. Don't have any first hand experience with this Tom fella off of eBay, but he sounds ok based on yalls testimonials.
Well i called drake they where out and not expecting any for a couple of months. They refered me to joes antiques he had none called auto city they had a modified one for $299.00 plus shipping. I got toms # and he had a modified one for $199.00 that looked like it had silly puddy smered all over it and a drake tank he is sending me the drake tank with a sending unit for ouch $399 to my door. I could not resist rustyfords comment on it being a work of art im a ****er for art.
Dennis Carpenter and Mac's auto i think bot have them. Those are places i have ordered a bunch of stuff from.
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