I recently pulled the tank on my 67 that I have had for about 26 years. The tank build sheet is in very poor condition. The top of the sheet was cleanable and showed a "435" behind "engine". A little over half of the word Leather was visable at the edge of a tear along with the paint code for yellow. I am afraid if I clean the rest of the tag it will simply crumble before I salvage the rest of the info. Can it be cleaned or have some technology, such as special photography, x-ray (dont laugh)read the tag before it dissapears? Does some do this work? Obviously, the engine 435 makes this an important concern. Thank you for your help. Jon
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Re: reading/cleaning deteriorated tank sheet
Jon, there was a recent (last couple of months) posting on another Vette discussion forum concerning someone who used an infra-red camera to photo the build sheet with what seemed to me to be amazing results. Maybe someone can fill you in on this.
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Re: reading/cleaning deteriorated tank sheet
You can also scan the tank sheet and then use photo software to enhance features. A good example is the tank sheet on my 72 which was about 75% legible. Using Photo Shop, I was able to get that to about 98%.
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Re: reading/cleaning deteriorated tank sheet
An old books/papers/papiros could help to preserve the remains of the tank sticker. I remember an article some years ago about it. I would scan and process the sticker any way.
Roberto, NCRS #30019, RMCComment
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Re: reading/cleaning deteriorated tank sheet
I had a similar situation on my tank sticker. I used soap and water on a paper towel and GENTLY wiped a section at a time (a 1 inch by 1 inch section). Let dry and see how it looks. I spent time trying to find someone that restores them and had no leads. Start with a section that you least care about. NOT the ENGINE section. Start on the top where is say Chevrolet Motor Divison. If it dries nicely continue on to the next least important section. If you ruined the previous piece STOP and do not continue. My sticker was 30% legible when removing it from the car. Now it is 95% legible from this process. Once legible I took a Camera and took pictures of it (put sticker on overhead projector). Final step is to seal the original tank sticker in a clear plastic and get a copy of a tank sticker made for show purposes.Comment
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