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Old November 20th, 2014, 04:23 PM
Clyde Clyde is offline
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Abbeville,SC
Truck: 1961 GMC Suburban 4WD-1966 GMC p?u,351,Turbo 400
Age: 81
Posts: 74
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Default Re: My 1966 GMC Fleetside Restoration

In 1964 I purchased a new 3/4T GMC P/U with a 305 V6, 4spd, I used it to tow my enclosed trailer that housed my top fuel dragster, along with an aluminum 8 foot slide in camper. I went to a junk yard and purchased a 16 gallon rectangular gas tank and installed under the floor on the passenger side. I made brackets and mounted it to the frame, cut a hole through the floor for a connector pipe to the original tank. A friend soldered a piece of copper pipe to the corner of the original tank and one to the top of the remote tank, I connected them with a piece of rubber hose. I used the sending unit in the new tank and filled through the original filler, now had 36 gallons of fuel at 10 MPG. This was a big deal when driving on a Saturday night from drag strip to drag strip.
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Clyde McKaba
Abbeville,SC
1961 GMC Suburban 4WD 305 V6, 4spd
1966 GMC 3/4T P/U 351 V6, Turbo 400,Gear Vender OD
1969 GMC Suburban 1/2T
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