Thread: Does this qualify as a Hot Rod?

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OK... here's the rack the fuel tank will rest in. Please no snickering at my booger welds.

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Just need to decide on a simple way to attach the tank flange to the square tubing.

Some kind of c-clamps maybe?
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Looks perfectly acceptable from here! Good Job!

Ya know, with regards to your title for this thread.. I think I'll change my vote to no!

You need to package it all up and send it over here for "safekeeping" !!

You mean until such time as the 'experts' can determine it's proper classification?

I would think you could just use steel straps to hold it in much the same as stock?

Originally Posted by Fauxre

You mean until such time as the 'experts' can determine it's proper classification?

ROFL... "Proper Classification!" Yeah, that's it!

Good one!

I made this a couple of years ago. It needs to be updated.

https://www.facebook.com/video/video...=1019028162190

Originally Posted by Fauxre

I made this a couple of years ago. It needs to be updated.

https://www.facebook.com/video/video...=1019028162190

It says it's currently unavailable....

Sorry, I guess I don't know how to make a link. I'll work on it.

OK... above link should be working now.

I would say you've come a long way .....nice work

A little paint on the frame...

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and four brackets to secure the tank.

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Now that the location of the fuel tank has been finalized, I've begun routing the filler neck to the gas cap. I bought this tank, in part, because the filler seemed to be in the best location for my project. It quickly became apparent that running the tube on the underside of the trunk to an existing hole, then up to the cap was going to be problematic. It required more complex bends than I anticipated and I'm concerned it will end up too close to the exhaust and muffler.

My solution was to modify the inlet at the tank to come up through the trunk floor, then connect to the cap with a flexible connector. I'll lose some usable trunk space, but I like that better than the possibility of heating gas vapors.
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good thinking, it should work fine.

Need a little advise on venting this tank.

The tank did not come with a separate vent line. The tech at Tanksinc told me that it was designed to use a vented cap like the original '57 Chevy. My aluminum Aston cap comes with modern, plastic vacuum cap concealed within. I assume I need a vent line to allow air into the tank as the fuel level drops to avoid creating a vacuum. I've been searching all forums for info on how best (meaning easily) to ventilated the tank.

I found this in the Thread: Gas Tank Vent Line.

Originally Posted by John Palmer

Venting the cap would work just fine on many vehicles...

...So what I did was vent the tank to a 5/16" steel line that I bent and routed up through the trunk floor, straight up to the top of the trunk (inside), bent it back 180 degrees and routed back down through the trunk floor and then routed it forward to the inside of the frame rail. Then I drilled the frame and taped it for 1/8" NPT. I used a 1/8" NPT FORD inline carb fuel filter screwed into the frame and attached the hose end to the 5/16" steel line with a short piece of fuel line and two clamps.

Incoming air, is vented/filtered by the fuel filter, then the height of the steel tubing keeps the fuel from sloshing out. No fuel smell is inside the car because it's vented to the outside, even though it's plumbed inside...

If I can't find a vented fuel cap to fit inside the Aston cap (waiting on replies from Factory Five Racing and Stant Co.), I'll route a vent line as above adding a rollover valve at the tank.

Is there anything else I should be considering?

I've put a vent line in the filler neck on some cars, especially when the tank is already in place and I don't want to take it back out to rinse all the metal filings out of it from drilling for a vent!

Another consideration is a filter on the end of your vent line, don't want to be sucking a lot of dust and moisture into the tank!