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The
fuel tank is the original that was with the kit in the early seventies. It was
made of steel and welded together. The tank probably only held about five
gallons of gas and it had no sender for the gas gauge. It wasn’t too rusty
inside and didn’t leak so I figured to save time I’d run it for now. When I have more time I will build a
stainless tank with more capacity and a sender. I did have to weld a couple of
mounts to the front of the tank to mount the new headlight bar. Welding on a
fuel tank is never a safe thing to do but if you are very careful and
completely purge the inside of the tank with an inert gas, like CO2 or
completely fill the tank with water, you stand a reasonable chance that you
won’t blow yourself up. I chose the
water method and I’m still here, but welding a fuel tank is not to be taken
lightly.
I made the new headlight bar from one
inch round stainless steel bar. I have built a lot of parts from stainless
steel and aluminum and polished them myself to avoid any more lies from the
chrome shop about when the parts will be done.
A friend of mine who happens to be a
writer for car magazines is supposed to come by in the next couple of days and
take pictures of the chassis and the chrome shop still hasn’t finished with the
plating work on the radiator shell.
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