Topic: 64 1/2 gas tank

[Dave Stribling]

Pulled out the gas tank for the Pace car and found this:





So was the gas tank installed before the rear sound deadeners applied?

Dave

[Brant]

Dave,
I believe all of the earlier production gas tanks did not have the baffles installed.  There are also no indentations on the side there under that undercoating like on a later tank.

Because there were no baffles, there was a problem with the sloshing noise, so the undercoating on the sides was supposed to help with this.

On the original cars that I have seen like this, the sound deadener was applied to the tank after the gas tank was installed.  Here is how we did my August '64 production Dearborn Convertible.

[Dave Stribling]

Dave,
I believe all of the earlier production gas tanks did not have the baffles installed.  There are also no indentations on the side there under that undercoating like on a later tank.

Because there were no baffles, there was a problem with the sloshing noise, so the undercoating on the sides was supposed to help with this.

On the original cars that I have seen like this, the sound deadener was applied to the tank after the gas tank was installed.  Here is how we did my August '64 production Dearborn Convertible.

I love learning new things.

Dave

[DM_1964]

Whilst I was trawling through the archives I found this post which I want to ask a little more about as I'm kinda at this stage.

To apply or not apply sound deadener to the side of the gas tank? that is the question.

Given that I'm fresh out of paint, I've notice that deadener wasn't applied to the rear wheel wells, so don't stress I say I'm sure worse things are bound to happen along the way, so whilst researching I'm inclined to know whether to fit the gas tank in and apply deadener to the rear wheel wells, and gas tank with some deadener sprayed on the chassis rail.

p.s. not too sure why the pics in first post aren't available to view anymore, maybe the age of the post.

[CharlesTurner]

The fuel tank was not installed when the rear wheel well sound deadener was applied.  Any sound deadener applied to the gas tank would have been after the car was painted and gas tank installed and probably done on a limited basis or even possibly done by a dealer upon customer complaint.

Personally, I would not apply the sound deadener to tank unless you were certain your car came that way... and just having "sound deadener" previously applied to the tank would need to be discerned between dealer/previous owner application of undercoating.

[WT8095]

p.s. not too sure why the pics in first post aren't available to view anymore, maybe the age of the post.

That's the drawback of linking to images on other sites. If they are removed or go away, valuable reference material disappears. It's best to download an image and attach it directly into your post, then it is stored on the CMF site. Which hopefully will be around forever 

Same thing goes for any links - discussions on other forums, YouTube videos, etc. A link is great, but it really helps to also copy & paste crucial pieces of discussion into a post so it doesn't disappear down the road.

[DM_1964]

The fuel tank was not installed when the rear wheel well sound deadener was applied...

Personally, I would not apply the sound deadener to tank...

Thanks for clarifying Charles

[Brant]

It's cool how these old threads are revived.

Anyway, I wanted to also share an image of the original gas tank from my June '64 Coupe.  No indentations on sides for baffles and undercoating.

[J_Speegle]

It's cool how these old threads are revived.

Anyway, I wanted to also share an image of the original gas tank from my June '64 Coupe.  No indentations on sides for baffles and undercoating.

Brant - just to clarify for others the car in the picture was built at Dearborn

[Brant]

Brant - just to clarify for others the car in the picture was built at Dearborn

Yes

[GT500KR]

It's cool how these old threads are revived.

Anyway, I wanted to also share an image of the original gas tank from my June '64 Coupe.  No indentations on sides for baffles and undercoating.

Brant,
   How does that compare with the product sprayed inside the front aprons? If identical, it would support assembly line application. Wouldn't be too much of a stretch to imagine the worker giving the tank a quick shot before starting on the next car. Possibly as suggested previously to dampen fuel sloshing noise prior to phasing in the baffled tanks. Wish I could compare it to my April car, but the original tank was discarded long ago. 

[Hawkeye]

Darn, shoulda saved, or taken lots of pictures, of my Mar 64 gas tank that I replaced last year (it was filled with rust after sitting for 10 years).  I do have some pictures from underneath that I took soon after taking the car in for work, before anything was done to the gas tank.  I'll have to dig those out and see what I see.  Pretty sure nothing was done to that part of the car before I bought it in '86.

[CharlesTurner]

I'd suspect a March '64 car would be too early for the sound deadener application to the tank.  The application was most likely due to customer complaints and the sound deadener a 'quick fix', until baffled tanks were introduced into normal production.

[Hipo giddyup]

 I meant to reply to this post but needed time to find my pic. Attached is a picture showing the side of the original tank from my June 64 Dearborn built coupe. As you can see in the image, it clearly has a lot of thick undercoating on the side, perhaps identifying what was said earlier. This is the only picture I have of this. I cannot remember if it was flat sided or had baffled sides??  "Most" of this car was untouched though well used. I am the second owner and the car had been parked in 1986 until I picked it up in 2007. Open for comments...