Vette help

[COPO PETE]

Just dropped the tank on a 69 and the build sheet is still there in good shape. Looks like they were glued in the middle or something. Anyone know the secret of removing them without destroying them?????
Peter

[Charley Lillard]

I just work very slowly with new razor blades. Ending up with galvanizing on the back of the sheet.

[Belair62]

Take good pictures before you begin in case you mess it up....

[olredalert]

COPO Pete,

-------STOP! Its only stuck on the tank once and should stay there. Its the ultimate way to prove that the build-sheet is indeed original. Very correct new tanks are available from a company called Quanta. They arent even that much. Pop for one and you wont have to worry about whats in the old tank either. And at shows the whole tank with the sticker still stuck to it makes a hell of a display. Solves way more problems than it creates as you dont take the chance of destroying it either!..............Bill S

[COPO PETE]

Thanks for the replys. I did mention to him that he might have to leave it on as he is getting a new tank. His desision.......
Peter

[olredalert]

Pete,

------Slap him will you? It really is in his best interests to leave it on the tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........Bill S

[Chevy454]

Tank and sticker in question...

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/65204-tankstick.jpg

[JChlupsa]

So if left on, would it be OK to put a clear sealer over it to prevent it from getting worse if the tank is re-installed???

[olredalert]

-----I have seen guys cover the sheet with plastic and reinstall the tank. Its better than nothing,but the repro tanks are just not that much,IMO..........Bill S

[Pantera]

Boy is that a new looking sheet? The one off my 45,000 mi 69 Baldwin car is yellowed and very fragile. All of the tank stickers I have seen are yellowed like mine. There was a layer of dirt that made it unreadable till I dusted it off. I have seen them go blank when you try to dust off the dirt to be able to read them.

Yours is the first one I have ever seen to be such a light color? Wonder why? Is it off a car that was not out in the weather ever! If you do get it off be sure to transfer it to a clean sheet of white cardboard and then put it in a plastic file folder cover to protect it.

[olredalert]

------I see its a 350/350. Im sure you noticed but it appears this Vette was delivered to Canada. Gas tank sticker is still important,but now you have another method of documentation open to you! Congratulations!.........Bill S

[COPO PETE]

Car was sold at Central Chev in London Ont. Canada. The sheet is in great shape. The car had the motor pulled in 1978 to be rebuilt and was stolen from the machine shop. The owner was pissed and just left the car sitting in his shop since then.
Oh ya.... consider him slapped. The tank is going in a plastic bag and put up in his attic!
Peter

[olredalert]

------Congratulations,again!........Good decision........Bill S

[Zedder]

Pete, I'm sure you know this, but empty gas tanks are much more dangerous than full tanks. If it was me, I'd document the sticker with pics and carefully remove it, then have it "preserved" by a firm that specializes in old documents.