<VV> Gas Tank

[Ron]

Dropping one out of an early really isn't that much trouble.  Jack up the 
front end and unhook the strap.  Use a screwdriver to push the grommet down 
and then pull it down an inch or two and saw off the hoses.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Brandon Muzzin" <overkill11111 at hotmail.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Gas Tank


> Cosidering how difficult it is to remove a gas tank from a Corvair, the 
> LAST place I'd look would be a junkyard.
> It's probably worse than the one you have...
>
> harry yarnell
> perryman garage and orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brandon Muzzin" <overkill11111 at hotmail.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Gas Tank
>
>
>> Thanks Hank!
>> I forgot to ask in my original email, do you think that a 61 tank would 
>> fit in a 66? One would never think a junk yard would have a 61 corvair 
>> just sittin around but my fiancee insisted she call at least ONE junkyard 
>> while i was looking for a part the other day, and the first one she 
>> called had a 61 sittin there, i was in shock. in any case, do you know if 
>> they are interchangeable?
>>
>>
>>>From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
>>>To: Brandon Muzzin <overkill11111 at hotmail.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>>Subject: Re: <VV> Gas Tank
>>>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 6:22:13 -0800
>>>
>>>---- Brandon Muzzin <overkill11111 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hello everyone,
>>> >
>>> > I have a 66' Monza coupe that I'm working on, I was wondering if it 
>>> > were
>>> > possible for the gas tank to rust from the inside out?
>>>
>>>Brandon
>>>They can, and they do. Last one I saw was in my friend Erics' 64. he 
>>>noticed that the outside of the tank was damp, and the car had been in 
>>>the garage for a couple of weeks, no way any water was getting inside the 
>>>garage.
>>>
>>>All gas has some water in it, and in cars that sit for long periods, they 
>>>can rust from the inside out.
>>>
>>>  A GM engineer once told me that his dad (also a GM Engineer in the 
>>> 60's) said the Corvair was originally engineered to last about 10 years 
>>> before being just about useless.  Of course, we disprove that theory 
>>> every day. It's engineering was way ahead of its time, but the high cost 
>>> of the engineering left choices to be  made elsewhere.  That's why Arm 
>>> Rests were an option on 60 models, for example.  The interiors of the 
>>> 60&61 models were skimpy compared to what Ford had on the Falcon/Comet 
>>> and Plymouth had on the Valiant.
>>>
>>>Luckily used gas tanks abound, as do new ones.
>>>
>>>Hank
>>>
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