More fuelling around...

During the week, more bits turned up...



More tank liner material, as well as some other bits that are for a later post.

JtC made the trip north to see what damage I had caused with the tank install.

First task: clad the tank straps with rubber liner.

As is so often the case, reproduction parts don't quite fit and for us the new straps were a smidge too wide for the strap liners.

Angle grinder time...




Voila!




Next: mounting the tank vent/roll-over ball valve.

Bit of scrap gal steel bent into a z-bracket...




Bolted in place, on the brace that the rear shocks bolt to...




Finally: fitting the in-tank fuel pump and sender...







J

Tank Goodness

There are few options to go EFI in a '65 Impala...
1. Keep the existing fuel tank and feed the engine from an external fuel pump.
2. Keep the original tank and modify it to take an internal pump.
3. Purchase a new tank that mimics the original, but is modified to take an internal pump.

I went with option three, a new EFI-ready fuel tank from Tanks Inc, ordered through Summit....



The way to go is to order an EFI tank conversion kit which comes with pump, sender and other required bits and pieces. There was a bit of a story (see here) around what was purchsed vs. what was supplied, but Summit came good and all is sweet!


First: remove old tank.




New and the old...



The Tanks Inc product is (so far) excellent; beautiful powder coated finish, recessed area for mounting the pump/sender and baffled sump under the pick-up to reduce fuel starvation during corning/braking/accelerating.


Second: A quick tidy-up of the underside of the boot floor.

Before...




Wire wheel, wire wheel, wire wheel, prime, paint. After...



Sooo much satin black on this car!

Third: butcher the boot floor pan...






I contemplated not cutting the floor, but access to the fuel pump/sender will be sooo much easier with a hole. It is a pretty simple decision. Do. It...




Four: Fitment...



I also purchased tank lining material to avoid damaging the tank surface finish - you can see the black strips on the top of the tank - however there wasn't enough to line the straps as well so I ordered more rubber lining material and have left the tank hanging by occy straps until the rest of the rubber liner arrives.

J