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**MikeB** · 06-16-2023, 12:48 PM

My 30 year old cardboard cover is kinda sad, and it never did fit worth a darn anyway. The cardboard would be OK with me, but I want it to actually stay put.
What do you all recommend? I'm open to carpeting if it fits well.

**Getter-Done** · 06-16-2023, 12:57 PM

Here is the first thread that comes to mind.

this is page 3

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=268050&page=3

There is a few saying don't get it from LMC.

**MikeB** · 06-16-2023, 01:23 PM

All the work IronCanine had to do to get the carpet installed made my head explode. Did I miss something? Was that the final product from ACC?

**Getter-Done** · 06-16-2023, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeB

All the work IronCanine had to do to get the carpet installed made my head explode. Did I miss something? Was that the final product from ACC?

Yes ACC.
He could tell the story better.

Let me read thru and refresh my memory

**Getter-Done** · 06-16-2023, 01:34 PM

Yeah
His part started in post #23

( have been working ACC on getting factory correct bucket seat carpet cut. They have been enthusiastic to this point, so fingers crossed. The first step was finding a good original piece. Member Dirt's72 has generously offered up the tank carpet from his late 69 C20 Custom Camper (factory A50) built in Fremont. He took it out today and documented the process very well. Here are his pics that very nicely document the shape and the structure of the carpet. I don't know if the adhesive was from the factory but I suspect the zinc screws and washers may have been added later to reinforce the carpet...but I don't know. Thanks again Derrick for doing this!)

howzzzit · 06-16-2023, 04:02 PM

Mike as you know the cardboard reproductions are a turd. You need a phd in cardboard folding and stapling. I ordered a tank carpet cover from LMC. It was a no go also. I replaced my original tank due to corrosion inside the old tank. Probably from the ethanol in the gas. Before installing the tank I painted the exposed ends a satin black. Turned out very well. If you wanted to you could use color match spray paint. Not much of the tank shows anyway. Different story if it's a show truck.

**MikeB** · 06-16-2023, 06:00 PM

Good idea.

**Ironangel** · 06-17-2023, 02:40 AM

Quit trippin and keep your eyes on the road...!

06-16-2023, 12:48 PM	#1
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,427	67-72 gas tank covers My 30 year old cardboard cover is kinda sad, and it never did fit worth a darn anyway. The cardboard would be OK with me, but I want it to actually stay put. What do you all recommend? I'm open to carpeting if it fits well. __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 23 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! Last edited by MikeB; 06-16-2023 at 01:06 PM.

06-16-2023, 01:23 PM	#3
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,427	Re: 67-72 gas tank covers All the work IronCanine had to do to get the carpet installed made my head explode. Did I miss something? Was that the final product from ACC? __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 23 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!

06-16-2023, 01:34 PM	#5
Getter-Done Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: TN. Posts: 7,740	Re: 67-72 gas tank covers Yeah His part started in post #23 ( have been working ACC on getting factory correct bucket seat carpet cut. They have been enthusiastic to this point, so fingers crossed. The first step was finding a good original piece. Member Dirt's72 has generously offered up the tank carpet from his late 69 C20 Custom Camper (factory A50) built in Fremont. He took it out today and documented the process very well. Here are his pics that very nicely document the shape and the structure of the carpet. I don't know if the adhesive was from the factory but I suspect the zinc screws and washers may have been added later to reinforce the carpet...but I don't know. Thanks again Derrick for doing this!) __________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 84 Chevy K-20 63 Impala (my high school car) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...Crew Cab Build

06-16-2023, 04:02 PM	#6
howzzzit Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kalifornia Posts: 307	Re: 67-72 gas tank covers Mike as you know the cardboard reproductions are a turd. You need a phd in cardboard folding and stapling. I ordered a tank carpet cover from LMC. It was a no go also. I replaced my original tank due to corrosion inside the old tank. Probably from the ethanol in the gas. Before installing the tank I painted the exposed ends a satin black. Turned out very well. If you wanted to you could use color match spray paint. Not much of the tank shows anyway. Different story if it's a show truck.

06-16-2023, 06:00 PM	#7
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,427	Re: 67-72 gas tank covers Good idea. __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 23 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!

06-16-2023, 12:57 PM	#2
Getter-Done Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: TN. Posts: 7,740	Re: 67-72 gas tank covers Here is the first thread that comes to mind. this is page 3 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=268050&page=3 There is a few saying don't get it from LMC. __________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 84 Chevy K-20 63 Impala (my high school car) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...Crew Cab Build

06-17-2023, 02:40 AM	#8
Ironangel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Falls City, Nebraska "100 Miles From Nowhere" Posts: 2,219	Re: 67-72 gas tank covers Quit trippin and keep your eyes on the road...! __________________ Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American"



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