Universal gas tank
Posted by jb1million@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 14 comments
So I’m looking at a 1970 Mercury Monterey. The car is actually in really good condition but it doesn’t have a gas tank. I’ve been looking for a while now and I cannot find a single aftermarket company that makes a gas tank for this car. You can get one for every other ford/mercury except this car… does anyone have any experience in making a universal gas tank? Maybe something with similar dimensions or a fuel cell in the trunk and successfully making the sending unit work?
isthatsuperman@reddit
The galaxie tank will work, it’s the same car. If not $150 fuel cells will work. I’ve got one in the back of my 70 ranchero that actually did have a special tank not shared with anything else and only made for a year with no aftermarket support.
jb1million@reddit (OP)
This may be a stupid question but how to fuel cells In the truck work with fumes coming into the car? Do you have to run a vent out of the trunk?
isthatsuperman@reddit
You can. Mines in the bed so I don’t smell anything. Look at what they did with 60’s f100’s the fuel cell was in the cab I believe behind the seats.
jb1million@reddit (OP)
I meant “trunk” not truck lol
isthatsuperman@reddit
I know a lot of race setups wi lol have fuel cells in the trunk. They probably just run a vent through the inner fender
I_am_cool321@reddit
Find the ford oem part number for that tank and plug it into RockAuto, should bring up the same part if they used it on other models.
jb1million@reddit (OP)
I didn’t think of that, thanks
RepulsivePeng@reddit
Unfortunately it’s either find one that’s used but useable or fuel cell/rigging a different tank to work
Expert_Mad@reddit
I would try a fuel cell before anything else. Much safer overall. If you know what it looks like you can also try looking at the spectra premium catalog and seeing if there’s something similar that might work. Definitely don’t rule out other models and makes, especially AMC
FalseRelease4@reddit
You could also check junkyards
BelAir1962@reddit
The Galaxie gas tank us available new. It should fit . Check online . I know because I replaced the one in my ‘73 Galaxie.
beermaker@reddit
Check if a fuel tank from something like a Galaxie, country sedan, or LTD will fit. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't share it with another model.
jb1million@reddit (OP)
That’s what I thought but I’ve looked at several different Ford cars that have the listings for all the models they fit and I don’t see ‘70 Monterey anywhere 😂
Now that doesn’t mean that the dimensions aren’t similar. They stopped making the Monterey after ‘72 so it just might not be that popular.
beermaker@reddit
You could check forums & see if the Galaxie and Monterey had similar undercarriage packaging & fuel filler locations.