Update 12/29/2011: Thanks basketcase/peabodyracing/70B5Cuda (and everyone else) for the kind words. Although I am taking some time to play “Show and Tell”, seeing everyone else’s threads (past and present) on their projects has always provided motivation to get out in the shop and keep going on whatever needs wrenching, so this is my way of giving back too. Hope it provides some boost for your project as well.

Yesterday, I dropped the tank out. Yeech. The good thing was it only had 2 gallons of brown, smelly gas. The tank had already been swapped out once before, as it had yellow paint marker writing: a number (Hollander?) and “Roadrunner”. Also- the trunk has provisions for vapor recovery, so I guess it’s a 1970 one. The tank mat was stuck firmly to the tank and the trunk pan, but with some care was able to get everything separated without tearing it up.

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Looking good Ed. Very cool deal that the trunk isn't rotted.

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Thanks James. It isn’t totally rot free, but decent. There are a few pin-holed areas in the front area of the pan (at the corners), and there is one rot hole at the rear left. Still- very good, all considered.




Next up will be getting the wheels off and tearing into the brakes.