First, little bit of background:
Working on my old car, trying to get it back on the road. Long story short, it got parked years ago, and now I'm feeling the pain of trying to bring it back and drive it again. Working on the engine and fuel system at this time. Tank is full of stale gas, collection of crud, etc, so I'm debating between cleaning, or replacing the tank.
It is a 1970, with most of the components (maybe all, I'm not sure what all there should be) for California emissions. The tank doesn't appear to have any leaks, filler neck is still there, rubber joint boot, as well as the contraption that connects to the top of the tank, on the driver side up toward the back seat.
Now the quandary.... it's never going to be a show car... so I am debating on replacing the tank with a new one w/ new neck, and getting rid of the old. Is that worth the hassle to clean the old one up and keep it, knowing it's never going to be show quality, just a fun driver? Or sell it to someone doing a showcar, and save my somewhat limited time to work on something else that needs doing?
Thanks
Working on my old car, trying to get it back on the road. Long story short, it got parked years ago, and now I'm feeling the pain of trying to bring it back and drive it again. Working on the engine and fuel system at this time. Tank is full of stale gas, collection of crud, etc, so I'm debating between cleaning, or replacing the tank.
It is a 1970, with most of the components (maybe all, I'm not sure what all there should be) for California emissions. The tank doesn't appear to have any leaks, filler neck is still there, rubber joint boot, as well as the contraption that connects to the top of the tank, on the driver side up toward the back seat.
Now the quandary.... it's never going to be a show car... so I am debating on replacing the tank with a new one w/ new neck, and getting rid of the old. Is that worth the hassle to clean the old one up and keep it, knowing it's never going to be show quality, just a fun driver? Or sell it to someone doing a showcar, and save my somewhat limited time to work on something else that needs doing?
Thanks