side mount gas tank 60-66 chevy truck

[aspiringthomas]

Has anyone done a side mount gas tank install. How many gallons do they hold. I have seen some retrofit in old trucks. I would like to move my tank out of the cab but look at options other than at the rear of the truck between the frame rails. I had thoughts about mounting a spare tire at the rear underside of the truck.

Thanks Jeff.

[PGSigns]

The way the cab is done and as little room as there is under the bed floor I would expect the tanks would be small. i had trouble getting the air tank under mine.
Jimmy

[jj1965]

I looked into this alot and couldn't find anything that would work. Maybe build a custom tank? If you decide to do something different the gas tank from a 68-72 A body mounted in the rear works great.

[jimmydean]

My truck has a small side tank on the drivers side that fills from the wheel well. I am using that same location to put my fuel cell and will do a proper filler. The one in there now isn't very big and has no sender. I've never used it since it seems to be solid rust.

[aspiringthomas]

Originally Posted by aspiringthomas

Has anyone done a side mount gas tank install. How many gallons do they hold. I have seen some retrofit in old trucks. I would like to move my tank out of the cab but look at options other than at the rear of the truck between the frame rails. I had thoughts about mounting a spare tire at the rear underside of the truck.

Thanks Jeff.

I did some calculations and I believe that if I build a tank that goes under the cab and bed it would hold up to 20 gallons.

[koda360]

At rear of truck, between frame rails is safest place for it.... why do you want to sit on top of 20 gal of BOOM, and try not to get into a wreck? All that for a spare tire? Thats what AAA is for...