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COPO PETE 01-11-2004 01:41 AM

Vette help
 
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 01-11-2004 02:39 AM

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

Belair62 01-11-2004 03:10 AM

Re: Vette help
 
Take good pictures before you begin in case you mess it up....

olredalert 01-11-2004 04:28 AM

Re: Vette help
 
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 01-11-2004 01:19 PM

Re: Vette help
 
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 01-11-2004 03:47 PM

Re: Vette help
 
Pete,

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

Chevy454 01-12-2004 07:18 PM

Re: Vette help
 
1 Attachment(s)
Tank and sticker in question...

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

JChlupsa 01-12-2004 09:22 PM

Re: Vette help
 
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 01-13-2004 12:14 AM

Re: Vette help
 
-----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 01-13-2004 02:33 AM

Re: Vette help
 
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 01-13-2004 03:21 AM

Re: Vette help
 
------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 01-13-2004 03:35 AM

Re: Vette help
 
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 01-13-2004 03:22 PM

Re: Vette help
 
------Congratulations,again!........Good decision........Bill S

Zedder 01-13-2004 07:48 PM

Re: Vette help
 
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.


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