whagge70

Has anyone relocated their gas tank on a 58-62? I’d like to consider what it would take to delete the spare wheel well and place under the trunk floor.

ejboyd5

Why?

jim lockwood

I've seen it done on C1s which are vintage raced. It's not an inexpensive or easy project: Either you have a custom fuel cell made to fit the spare tire well or you rework a lot of fiberglass.

Moving fuel storage to the rear of the car likely would expose you to greater fire risk in the event of a rear-ender (Think Pinto....).

So, as ejboyd asked, why do you want to do this?

1963GrayGray

I am not sure who made this round fuel cell, but It fits into the
spare tire recess. I looks like a pretty straight forward conversion.
Sorry about the poor photo.

whagge70

Honestly... I should have asked the question differently. My thought process started with trying to figure out how to relocate the fuel fill to be hidden under the tail light. Similar to those you see being done on Tri-Fives but felt it was too low to make it to the stock tank. My rebuild has a quite a bit of fiberglass work needing to be done already due to a crash 30 years ago. So trying to decide on any and all mods I want and have added into the work already being done. May be an impossible mod for a small esthetic benefit.

Appreciate the guidance. Cheers

csherman

I am planning to do the same to a 58 resto mod

whagge70

Appreciate the reference. Cheers

whagge70

Moving the fuel fill to the tail light? Relocate tank? Or both? How are you addressing?

DZAUTO

Once upon a time long, long ago, a local had a 57 racer with an alum fuel cell in the spare tire well. The relocation was a quality job.
I fully appreciate the desire to relocate the tank to the rear, BUUUUUUUUUUUUT, if it were mine, I would NOT modify the fiberglass, and simply install a cell in the spare tire well.

If the intent is for the car to be a racer, one thing to keep in mind. With a stock tank location, as the fuel quantity (and weight) goes down, there will not be much change in the center of gravity, BUT, with the tank in the trunk, as the quantity, and subsequent weight, goes down, the CG may change noticeably.

csherman

I asked a builder for a custom round tank - I am thinking of a pop up fuel filler in the tail light housing or on the body, a fill in the trunk.

whagge70

I scraped this idea do to other challenges arising and taking precedence but appreciate all of the feedback

Robert61

Ask Not Red Rob. He has had 2 of them done, filler under the tail light. They may or may not want to give out that info.

I have and am still considering putting extra fuel capacity in the spare tire well.

62vetteuk

photos

cbernhardt

Probably not what you are looking for, but I moved the fuel tank and battery to the trunk. Reason for moving was the roll cage bracing in the original gas tank space.

whagge70

Thank you for the referral. I will try to reach out to him. His 58 looks amazing and what I was looking to accomplish.

Cheers

csherman

i want to do something like this......

wmf62

I would suggest a remote trunk release if you do
Bill

Roger Walling

This is a much better idea than installing the fuel tank in the rear.

Just add ice!

csherman

Lol - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cbernhardt

In case you are interested: When I was considering moving the fuel tank to the trunk I calculated the capacity of a round fuel cell, 8" deep, that would fit in the spare tire well -16.9 gallons.
Charles