Neto
Well-known member
Not sure I really have the nerve to post something here in the Tech Tips, but don't know where else this might go.
I was loading up a bunch of scrap yesterday, and this morning I thought I'd better cut the old gasoline tank open, because I'd heard that they won't take a complete one. (This one has been open & setting for over 6 years, so there's no way it was going to explode, but sure enough, I over heard the guy at the scales calling someone about if they can accept them. When I told him that I'd cut it in half, he was cool.)
Anyway, when I got it open I immediately thought "This looks awful much like a floor pan." It already has the curved corners, so you could drop it down easily. I didn't keep this one, because not only do I not have space (and don't foresee needing one), but while the inside looks like new, the outside is badly rusted. This is off of a 93 Chrysler T & C minivan. Here in the rust-belt you would have to either get one from a fairly new (wrecked) vehicle, or go outside this area. (You can see which is the top by the fuel gauge hole.)
I was loading up a bunch of scrap yesterday, and this morning I thought I'd better cut the old gasoline tank open, because I'd heard that they won't take a complete one. (This one has been open & setting for over 6 years, so there's no way it was going to explode, but sure enough, I over heard the guy at the scales calling someone about if they can accept them. When I told him that I'd cut it in half, he was cool.)
Anyway, when I got it open I immediately thought "This looks awful much like a floor pan." It already has the curved corners, so you could drop it down easily. I didn't keep this one, because not only do I not have space (and don't foresee needing one), but while the inside looks like new, the outside is badly rusted. This is off of a 93 Chrysler T & C minivan. Here in the rust-belt you would have to either get one from a fairly new (wrecked) vehicle, or go outside this area. (You can see which is the top by the fuel gauge hole.)