Here's the gas tank restoration. It was full of rust and old gas that had gummed up.
Here's a pic of the sender, to give you an idea of how bad it was!
After a trip to the radiator shop to get dipped:
Still had some left over rust inside:
After cleaning with muriatic acid:
Last rinse with muriatic acid:
After nutralizing the inside of the tank with baking soda, we treated it with PPG DX579 Metal Cleaner and DX520 Metal Conditioner. Looks like a new tank inside! We sprayed WD-40 in it after the DX520 dried to keep it from rusting until we got some gas in it
Treated the outside of the tank with PPG DX579 and DX520 before painting it to match the interior:
Installed with powdercoated straps and original style pads:
