Fuel Tank Kits For Classic Vehicles

Fuel Tank Kits For Classic Vehicles TRACTORS Parts If you need a replacement fuel tank for an old car or truck Rock Valley can provide a stainless-steel reproduction For 30 years the company has been producing ready-to-install kits “Custom work is about 40 percent of what we do ” says Zach Robbins Rock Valley Antique Auto Parts “Sometimes there won’t be a tank left to restore If there are pieces we put them together to make a CAD model and from that a replica of the original ” If an old tank still exists Robbins will suggest the customer send it in If there’s no tank or even parts of a tank other options exist Often a customer will send in a cardboard mock-up sometimes with exact dimensions on a sketch or on the mock-up itself Robbins notes that a mock-up lets the customer fit and visualize the tank and how it’ll sit and look in the vehicle “If you have an idea of how the tank sat in the vehicle do a hand drawing or a CAD drawing if you can ” he says “If needed we can send a bunch of drawings out to you Make a cardboard cutout of them and try to fit it in Then get back to us ” Over 30 years a lot of custom tanks and reproductions have been made The company has created patterns for gas tanks for U S and foreign vehicles from 1928 to 1976 Once produced they become part of the company’s catalog of available gas tanks and fuel systems “We’ve made gas tanks for Duesenbergs and a 1914 Marmon stock cars custom and hot rods ” says Robbins “If you want to put an LT3 in a 68 Camaro we can set you up with the right pump assembly or provide everything you need across the board ” Gas tanks are fabricated by hand from high-grade stainless steel All tanks are baffled and pressure-tested Parts and accessories include gas caps necks fittings fuel line hoses mounting bolts spring kits vents sending units TPI and TBI kits Tanks are set up for sending units from most major suppliers but special sending unit applications are also available Rock Valley sells direct as well as through nearly 500 dealers nationwide and internationally through the Roadster Shop The company offers more than 8 000 parts for Ford and Chevrolet models from 1928 through 1976 These include everything from access doors to wiring zerks Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Rock Valley Antique Auto Parts 5295 28th Ave Rockford Ill 61109 toll-free 800-344-1934; rvroddin@aol com; www rockvalleytanks com

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