'67 Tank Sticker

[Larry B.]

For sales and documentation purposes on an all original car, is it better to remove or leave the tank sticker on the car? The tank has never been dropped. Some remove it and some do not as I have been told. Thanks

[Leif A.]

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My vote would be to drop the gas tank and remove (with the utmost caution) the tank sticker and preserve it. It's been on there now for over 47 years and it will only continue to deteriorate. Others will chime in with the best way to remove the tank sticker and in preserving. I have mine in a hermetically sealed plastic...no adhesive sticking to the paper.

[Larry B.]

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Good point Leif. It is dry here and will only get worse.

[Mark H.]

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Once you drop the tank you might want to take a picture of the sticker trying to get as much detail as possible. Just to be on the safe side in case removing the sticker doesn't work out as well as you hope for.

[Dale P.]

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Once you drop the tank you might want to take a picture of the sticker trying to get as much detail as possible. Just to be on the safe side in case removing the sticker doesn't work out as well as you hope for.

I agree with dropping the tank and doing the best you can to preserve the sticker. I very STRONGLY suggest that you fully document the ENTIRE procedure. Meaning showing every step of the removal starting with taking a many photos as you can showing everything just the way it is BEFORE you even start dropping the tank. Make sure that some how you get proof of the date that you make this all happen. I know this sounds like over kill, but the more you can prove the more the car is worth later in its life.

[Rob V.]

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Dale makes some excellent points! I just had the tank dropped on my recently acquired '67 Coupe. The car had a Michigan title issued in 2004, and I do not know where it had been prior to that; however, inland California or Arizona would not be one of my guesses. Prior to dropping the tank, we were able to determine the tank sticker (build sheet) was still on the tank, but that was the extent of the verification. Once the tank was removed, we found that the build sheet was so badly deteriorated it was almost impossible to read, except for a few important (i.e. crucial words), and certainly there was no way to remove the remaining build sheet without totally destroying it. We did take a couple of pictures of the remaining sheet with the few legible words, and then the next question was do we put the tank back in the car, or order a new one? While the tank was rusty on the outside, it was relatively clean on the inside; however, the tank was 47 years old, and there was really no way to determine how much longer it could last before it started to leak. To make a long story short, I ordered a new Quanta tank and installation kit, (the support straps broke during removal), and had the assembly installed. In turn, the documentation/build sheet on the old tank was left unmolested, and covered in plastic; and the tank now resides in our garage. One note: If you should replace the tank, and the sender unit, make sure the new sender unit is properly calibrated before installing it in the tank. This was not done with my new unit, and while the old unit read correctly, the new one does not by an 1/8 to 1/4 low (you gotta love it). Anyway, good luck with the tank build sheet. Best Regards, Rob Vanderhoeven

[Dale P.]

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Rob, I know exactly what you are talking about. I have had multiple corvettes over the year (still do actually) the point that I am pushing is I had a 67 corvette that my ex-wife ended up with (ouch). well many years ago when I dropped the tank, the sticker was already in really bad condition. I did do a lot of work in documenting what was there. Including the sticker itself. The only thing I didn't do was to document (other then simply dating the information with that day's date) the date we did all of that work.. well years later I was contacted by the current owner. we had a long discussion about the car, its options, etc. even though every thing that we documented was 100% true and exact. all the back up information was there, except the proof positive of the date we dropped the tank. this guy was kind of rude at times because of the way the car was optioned. Not sure why he was aggressive as the date we dropped the tank was in the late 1980's >>> way before all of this fake documentation . that's why I say again take pictures that are time stamped some how. it's better for you and better down the road for everyone.

[Rob V.]

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Once again, great points Dale! A well documented sequence of events as you recommend should convince all but the most skeptical of individuals. Sorry about you losing that particular car; as well as the rude individual that contacted you. People. Best Regards, Rob