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Old 12-07-2012, 01:03 PM   #51
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Re: 1949 Chevy 3600 into a daily driver

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Truck looks great! I do not remember seeing in here if you cleaned the fuel tank out? Bound to have a ton of varnish and rust in it. I always clean the heck out of them and coat them with Kreem as I have had horrible luck with rust in tanks. Usually I fill up with a mixture of phosphoric acid and water and a day or so later you have beautiful bare metal. Even on a 98 GMC truck I had terrible rust and varnish and had to replace the tank. Good luck I like your vision with this one.
After pondering what to do.....I actually had a local radiator shop boil it for me. Came out better than new.
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