Gas tank restoration

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Originally Posted by Burd

While we’re on this topic, what are the 2 straps to be pained or what? (GM)

Now you got me going on this, I’m going to clean a spot with something to see what it looks like. I remember seeing blue steel,company names on the tanks, i don’t want to remove that. Do all tanks have this mark?

Depends on the GM division and/or the plant.....Oldsmobiles are galvanized steel straps with no paint. Looking at the Fisher Body video showing a Monte Carlo it looks like those were black as mentioned by someone else. Could have also changed depending on model year I guess. I've dealt with a massive number of Oldsmobiles and they're always galvanized/no paint so there is some variation. Same thing on the Buicks I've dealt with and seen (at least '70-72)...galvanized w/no paint.

I've also had plenty of clean original tanks with no evidence of the large ink/paint stamp.....must have been fairly widely disbursed on those rolls of steel back then.