36 gallon tank question

[Rex T.]

Was the 36 gallon tank in 63-67 Corvettes painted, primed or just bare fiberglass from the factory?

[John H.]

Re: 36 gallon tank question

Was the 36 gallon tank in 63-67 Corvettes painted, primed or just bare fiberglass from the factory?

Rex -

Bare fiberglass.

[Rex T.]

Re: 36 gallon tank question

Thanks John, that's what I thought. Do you know anyone who sells or repairs the tank sending units?

Thanks,
Rex

[Michael H.]

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Was the 36 gallon tank in 63-67 Corvettes painted, primed or just bare fiberglass from the factory?

The 36 gal tanks were installed unpainted but a few did receive a lot of overspray of interior color.

[Loren L.]

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I wonder if assembly line tanks were unpainted, but those sold over-the-counter appeared black or ?

[Jimmy G.]

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No one makes a repo unit for tankers that I know of. I had to make one using parts from a C-1 and a C-2 unit for my car.

[Loren L.]

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"Over the counter" =s GM parts counter, not Bubba's House of Repo.

[Joe L.]

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I wonder if assembly line tanks were unpainted, but those sold over-the-counter appeared black or ?

Loren-----


I have seen GM 36 gallon SERVICE tanks and they appeared identical to the PRODUCTION tank pictured in John's photo above.

[Wayne M.]

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No one makes a repo unit for tankers that I know of. I had to make one using parts from a C-1 and a C-2 unit for my car.

Jimmy -- Glad to hear that they can be built (or existing restored ?) So far so good .

Here's an eBay pic of an NOS 36 gal sender # 5462798 (box dated 1/65) many years ago; went for $ 811. I also had an NOS unit that I bought off the local Corvette shop; probably ordered the wrong type for standard tank back in the day when these were still available.

For those who are not familiar with these, there is no pickup, no sock, just a float and a rheostat. The tube that supports the float swing apparatus is pinched off at the mounting flange. I sold it to someone in NCRS, (delivered it to Cypress meet) back in the '80s / early '90s ?

[John H.]

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Here's another photo of a later AC-Delco big-tank sending unit.

[Michael H.]

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I'm a little surprised that none of the N03/36.5 gallon tank guys haven't commented/disagreed with my previous post where I stated that "some of the tanks show heavy interior color overspray".
I thought everyone was of the opinion that the tank covers were in place during the interior paint process which would have prevented paint on the tank.