May and June have been focused on getting the gas tank and fuel lines installed. A little body work was done while waiting for the gas tank to arrive (which took over a month, once it did it was damaged and we had to wait for a new one to ship.) The tank, which SHOULD have fit a 51 GMC had odd angled brackets that prevented it from sitting level on the frame. These brackets had to be cut off and I had to fabricate new ones out of raw stock which I purchased from Lowes.

While waiting for the tank to arrive, some body work was done: At some point the cowl vent had been covered up with bondo. I cut out the old bondo and welded the vent, shaving it into a smoothed out look.




The gas tank finally arrived with one small problem. The brackets that attach the tank to the bed were angled on both sides. I cut the existing brackets off and fabricated new ones, aligning them properly to fit onto the frame. I then welded them onto the tank, making sure everything was level.

Raw Steel cut and fabricated into brackets.

New brackets welded on to gas tank, then drilled holes in the
frame and bolted the tank onto the frame

The following is a picture of the side view of the mounted gas tank.

Next up was installing the fuel lines, using Dad's technique, routing them along the frame rails, avoiding brake lines and emergency brake cables-- straight shot to the fuel pump.