Fuel Tank Bodywork ideas

560Dennis

Well-known Member
Location
Madison,Ohio
I have a fuel tank that was modified to accept a Carter downdraft Carburetor for a taco governor set up. Well the Carter is shot I don’t intend to use the Governor for awhile so putting back to original Holley 280 vaporizer. Doing what I can to get it running .

My reason for posting is this tank has been beat in to acceptance of updrafts carburetor.

With my skill level and tools oxy/acetylene torch .

I feel I better leave this alone , I passed on quoted 900 dollars by a body shop to fix The tank.

What would you do to fix ,or leave it , can’t fix everything
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Another option is if it's not leaking you could fill the dent with bondo. Either apply it a little at a time or force fiberglass webbing into it as you are working it. Too much bondo at once will crack. Even the ridge running perpendicular could be added and shaped with bondo. With a lot of elbow grease you could fix it where nobody would ever know the dent was there. Now, if there is gas spills that run over that area bondo would lift from the gas they make today. It would need to be coated with an epoxy primer to protect the fiberglass filler from the gas.
 

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