Plastic fuel tanks

drewfinn

Hello all! I'm currently trying to negotiate the purchase of my first vintage auto - 1953 Hudson Super Jet. The gas tank is pretty rusted inside and I was thinking that until funds allowed for a proper tank resto, I'd run either a 15 gallon plastic or aluminum fuel cell in the trunk. Has anyone out there gone this route? Thanks in advance!

charles4d

Try Tanks inc i bought a universal tank that matched my truck tank all steal if you do it once you will save money  in the long run
Just my 2 cents

Jon B

Gas Tank Renu (with branches in many large cities) will repair your tank for somewhere in the vicinity of $350.  And, as you may know, brand new original-style tanks are now being produced by MoparPro for $600 apiece (see photo below).  (UPDATE: I'M NOT SURE THIS FITS THE JET!)

However, if the rust in the tank is only "surface" rust, you may get off lightly by using a chemical cleaner to remove the rust, and then coating the inside of the tank with a special sealer made for gas tanks.  If the tank is actually rusted away in places, you would have to patch it yourself or go to Gas Tank Renu.

I have never heard of using a plastic tank, but it might work.  You could Google the concept and see if anyone has done this before (in any make of car, not just Hudson).

Lklemm1

You could try a gas tank sealer. The kit is sold by eastwood and they have a video on there web site about this. A friend of mine used it and it worked great, he saved his old tank. Kit costs about 45 dollar. Eastwood.com

54coupe

I have used a fuel cell purchased from Summit in a couple of my cars as a temporary solution until I had a factory tank ready.

drewfinn

Thanks Folks! I've decided to grab an aluminum fuel cell from Speed Daddy to use until I can do the tank.There's so much internal rust that it clogs up the inline filter and for $105 delivered, its tough to go wrong!

charles4d

Tanks inc.