Greg Weld's 65 Mustang fastback track car

[syborg tt]

Well you do have a pretty big garage with some cool tools in it so I figured you actually worked on your cars.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

Well you do have a pretty big garage with some cool tools in it so I figured you actually worked on your cars.

Seems lately that I only work on "others" cars Marty.


Did a quickie fuel tank extension project for my brother in laws Camaro last weekend -- and made him a different fuel line...

I didn't have time to build him a whole new tank from scratch -- so he'll just have to wait til the new shed is set up this winter. In the meantime - he can cruise this summer without being so worried about where the next gas station is.





That POR 15 is tough stuff!!!!












Needed to open up the bottom anyway - so cut out the old fuel pick up tubes


















Punched it with some new holes....












The tank was so warped there was not a single "square" or flat panel on it.... UGH --- What a lot of work to try to get the new extended area to at least appear to be flat and straight!


























STUPID TANK!! Wouldn't stand on it's own..... SO a few clamps and some legs and now I could do a little TIG work.












I had nowhere for my hands to rest --- so had to bend up the torch and weld running the bead towards me.... OH MY -- this is easy for the girls that do welding day in and day out -- but for those of us that weld sporadically -- it's work!












26 sticks of fill later....... Thank god for TIG FINGERS!!! They really do help with the heat!

[syborg tt]

I have no clue how you can weld an old gas tank. It has always scares the heck out of me. We had a kid at a local repair
shop die last summer when he tried to fix a leaky tank. It exploded and fortunately it killed him immediately and he didn't suffer.


ps I will be bringing my car over soon

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

I have no clue how you can weld an old gas tank. It has always scares the heck out of me. We had a kid at a local repair
shop die last summer when he tried to fix a leaky tank. It exploded and fortunately it killed him immediately and he didn't suffer.


ps I will be bringing my car over soon

He - unfortunately is up for The Darwin Award....



Welding on gas tanks is super easy --- and I don't do ANYTHING that isn't safe!



First you have to wash them real well with a strong mix of some kind of soap and water.... Gas is an OIL based product -- so you can't just rinse with water like some morons try to do.... I use Simple Green -- and it's a strong solution. TWICE.

Then I use the SNIFF TEST.... Still smell gassy? Wash it again!


Then I rinse two or three times - until there's no soapy water....


Then -- Here's the trick! I put DRY ICE in the tank -- as it dissolves -- it turns into an inert gas -- Carbon Dioxide (CO2).... NO OXYGEN - NO IGNITION. It's the FUMES that kill ya! (Gas fumes and air). I displace all the air in the tank with the CO2.

I'd use a back gas of Argon... but that's expensive for a "home guy".... as you'd have to displace the air in a pretty large space. I can do this cheaply ---- AND I CAN SEE IT WORKING --- when I use Dry Ice.

[syborg tt]

That is a great way of doing it. When I convert to efi I will bring you the tank

Originally Posted by GregWeld

He - unfortunately is up for The Darwin Award....



Welding on gas tanks is super easy --- and I don't do ANYTHING that isn't safe!



First you have to wash them real well with a strong mix of some kind of soap and water.... Gas is an OIL based product -- so you can't just rinse with water like some morons try to do.... I use Simple Green -- and it's a strong solution. TWICE.

Then I use the SNIFF TEST.... Still smell gassy? Wash it again!


Then I rinse two or three times - until there's no soapy water....


Then -- Here's the trick! I put DRY ICE in the tank -- as it dissolves -- it turns into an inert gas -- Carbon Dioxide (CO2).... NO OXYGEN - NO IGNITION. It's the FUMES that kill ya! (Gas fumes and air). I displace all the air in the tank with the CO2.

I'd use a back gas of Argon... but that's expensive for a "home guy".... as you'd have to displace the air in a pretty large space. I can do this cheaply ---- AND I CAN SEE IT WORKING --- when I use Dry Ice.

[GregWeld]

Well - Thanks to DBasher.... I have a new race item that will officially make the Little Mustang way faster than Gaetano's Cheby....




That steering wheel HOOK == Now that's an official RACE CAR ITEM!!! Thanks Dan!

[DBasher]

It only took a few hours after work to make, hope it fits well....haha!

Oh and Happy Birthday!

Yeeeeehaaaaw!


Dan