Spent some quality time with my Makita grinder and a wire wheel yesterday. Cleaned up the new gas tank some. It really looked a lot worse than it was and it did not look too bad. It had been sprayed with undercoating. It has a few dents in the bottom, but inside looks great. I got a couple strips of galvanized steel from a local HVAC guy (free, gotta love small towns) to use for tank straps. I had to buy another can of undercoating, I ran out. I will need to get a can of black spray paint too. I thought I had some, but didn't. That will finish off the asthetics of the tank.
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I will need fill line, gas line, vent lines and some bolts to finish the job. I'll probably wait till the bed and rest of the body comes off and the chassis gets blasted and painted. I'm hoping to get that far before Memorial Day. Wish me luck.