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Hi,folks,Can anyone tell me if this gas tank is for a 26or27 Chevy.its retangular is shape around 27&5/8 inch long . 8``in height,13``wide.It has a drain plug on the bottom also a petcock for fuel flow shutoff,also on other side a hole to put fuel in where cap would go; were there different sizes for different models? thanks to all that help

Hi TOM P.,

Need more information. Does the filler neck accept a screw on cap with threads or is it a 'push & turn'? Then I can identify it for you.

In the meantime all tanks fit all models for a particular year. Capacity is 10 gallons.

Hi Ray , yes it has a screw in type threads for the cap ;it came with no cap.The fella said it was for a 27 or 28 but my 28 coupe wasn`t around to check it so I bought anyways.it will be good enough for my 28 chevy doddle bug;again thanks for the help Ray!

Hi Tom P,

You are the proud owner of a '25 Chevrolet fuel tank. If you need the cap let me know.

Hello, Tom-

So this post will make sense to other people who read it, let me state that I just sent an e-mail to Tom here, telling him that I have the reverse situation he does - that is, I have a '25 Roadster under restoration, but I have a '28 Gas Tank. I asked Tom if he wanted to swap tanks, so we would both have the correct tank.

Then I got to thinking - Tom identified the dimensions of his tank in his original post as 27-5/8" long x 13" wide x 8" high.

So I went and measured my (allegedly) 1928 tank. In fact, I've got two of them, and they both measure the same, which is 35-7/8" long, 10" wide x 7-1/2 high.

So now I am confused (not unusual!). Do '25 and '28 tanks have different dimensions? I have never tried to put my tank in my car yet, so I have no idea if it actually fits (bought the car in pieces). If what Tom has is truly a '25 tank, then the one I have won't even fit my car - and the same will be the case for Tom.

Is my tank really a '28? Is Tom's tank really a '25? Who has these dimensions available???

If we both have what we think we have, we do need to swap.

Note: I have digital pictures available if anybody wants to se them, can't figure out how to imbed a picture here in this forum.

Thanks-
Don

You guys made me go look and measure again. So here we go. '25 tank is 36X10X7 1/4 and the cap 'screws' on. The '27 and '28 tank is 36X10X7 1/4 and the cap is a push and turn. Sorry about the confusion. Both hold 10 gallons of fuel.

Thanks, Ray.

It's good to have a guy that owns at least one of each, AND a tape measure!

Bottom line, what Ray didn't say there is, Tom, you have a "Something Else" tank, not a '25 Chevy tank....

So with your gracious foregiveness, I withdraw the offer to trade!

Guess I gotta keep looking for my '25 tank.....

I will confirm Ray's measurement. My 27's tank is 36 wide 10 for and aft, and about 8 deep. It has the push in with ears cap on the left and thread on ring for the gage on the right.

Thanks for confirming that, Dale.

I am confused about this other opening for the gauge. The tank I have (which I have been told is a '28) has the same dimensions as above, and same as Ray's '25 tank; but mine has the 'push and twist' (newer) cap style like a '27 or 28.

My tank has the opening in the bottom for the fuel line, the filler neck on top of course, and a second, small (maybe 3/8") threaded hole about half way up the FRONT side of the tank. Don't know what this hole is for, doesn't sound like what you are talking about for your gauge, though.

So let me post a question I just emailed to Ray a few minutes ago-

Question: I was looking in Gary Wallace's catalog, and he lists the following two items:

"1923-25 Gas Cap - screw on type - threads inside cap - like original"

and

"1925-30 Gas Cap - like original - twist on type"

The point being, they overlap with both being identified as 1925. Gary usually knows what he is talking about. Could it be that '25 was a transition year, and you could get either type, maybe "early" and "late" ?

The reason I'm wondering of course is that if a twist-on cap would be acceptable, then I can use this tank I already have for my '25, and save myself the aggravation of finding a different tank of the same dimensions with the screw-on filler neck.

Thought it was worth asking....

It gets worse.

Fitting on bottom of tank is for draining the tank.

Threaded fitting on the front side is for the gas line.

Filler cap is on the driver's side.

Sight gage on tanks so equipped is on passengers side. (C & N)

Caps threaded are series K & V.

Caps push and twist are Sup., C, N. (Series V, AA, AB Pass cars)

Huh?

If the fitting on the front side of the tank is for the fuel line, how does it pull gas? That fitting is about half way up. Youy wouldn't be able to use the last half of a tank of gas? Or is there some sort of pick-up tube that goes inside first? :confused:

I have no sight gauge hole then. My car is a
Superior K, of course.

Sounds like everything is right about my tank for a '25 "K" except for not having a threaded filler neck.

Maybe I'll go get me a great big tap, and just tap that rascal so a screw-on cap fits it!!

Raymond is right on , there is a pickup tube on the inside of the tank and the gas line receiveing connection is a flared female fitting with flare and male on the gas line., the one on my 28 will siphon out till it is almost dry. I am not sure when Chevy moved the gauge inside the car onto the dash.
I would think the threaded filler is a male therad with the cap being a female, Right Ray? like on a model "T" F**D?

The first year for the gasoline gauge to be installed on the instrument panel was 1930. :eek:

message for Ray,
You once identified my '25 Touring from a picture as a LATE '25. My gas tank has a push and turn cap. From what i'm reading in this thread, sounds like it's not correct? Is it possible that late '25 could have been fitted with a push and turn??
thanks
..............Jerry
Newark, DE

Sounds like Jerry has the same tank situation I do, except I know that my '25 is not a 'Late 25', as it has all the indicaters of 'Early 25". (no headlight support bar, spark & throttle controls close up by the steering wheel, etc, etc.)

Of course, someone could easily have changed out the gas tank in the past 77 years, and apparently did.

Skippy Doodle's last post above got me wondering, too. What was the first year to have the gauge on the tank? Or was that an "option?"

I'm just curious what year tank I DO have. It has the twist-on cap, but no provision for a sight gauge. Starting to sound like it must be a '26 or '27, unless '27 already had a gauge on the tank.

Apparently in 1925, you knew you needed gas when the car stopped moving! Or, you learned to do the arithmetic and kept track of how far you had driven since you last put in some gas.

According to the old reliable parts book, the tank gage was on the '27 & '28. (C & N) (Series AA, AB Pass., cars).

As indicated by a prior post, the caps changed during the '26 year (V).

As all these tanks were the same size, exchanges were inevitable.

Well, then, we can now say with certainty that I have a 1926 gas tank - push-and-twist cap, and no hole for the sight gauge. Process of elimination says '26.

It sounds like that's the same situation with Sadie/Jerry.

What's a shame is, nobody knows what ol' Tom P. has, with the strange dimensions of his unknown tank - and that's why he started this post, to find out !!!

Hi folks,a big THANK YOU to all who helped ;ya fellas kept me busy lookin & thinking about this puzzle .I`ll ask at the other sites .It`s probably off of one of those dredded A`s or T`s .YUCK !!!!!!!!!

Regarding the fuel guage for the early models.
Here, downunder we were able to get (usually for free) a graduated ruler type dip stick for measuring the amount of fuel in the tank. You just removed the cap and put the stick in.
I have a couple of these in my collection, some even had graduations for other brands of GM, one that I have has 3 sets of indicators, for Chevrolet, Oakland and Pontiac. Most have dealer advertising or Fuel advertising on them, indicating that they may have been give aways

Chris

I'd like to ad a story regarding a fuel tank in a 24 model, and this actually happened.

On the return journey from the VVCAA 's (Aust.Chev Club) 10th Anniversary Rally in 1977 one member was driving a borrowed 24 tourer. This car has seed bags over seat springs for seats and no hood. You guessed it, it was pouring rain on the way home and this car had a large piece of plastic sheet tied to the top of the windscreen posts and back to the spare tyre holder to try and keep the driver dry.
The driver pulled in to a service station to refuel and to save getting out under the plastic he asked the attendant to 'fill her up, mate" to which the attendant replied 'where is your fuel filler?' answer 'there a hole in the rear chassis cross member where the filler neck protrudes' attendant says 'sorry mate I can't find it' Driver gets out to show him when a car pulls in, driver goes round to boot (trunk) and asked 'did you lose this about 5 miles back' and hands him his fuel tank.

Moral of this story is "check those fuel tank straps!"

Great story Chris!

I hate it when that happens!

Well, it's time for an update on this one, just to show that 'Chevy Chatter' can make things happen.

As a result of all the above dialouge, I learned that I actually had a '26 tank for my '25 Roadster. Not a huge problem, but something that would bother me until I made it right. I'm trying to restore this Roadster "all-out, completely correct 100% perfect." That's all.

So, I got an em-mail from a member here who just happened to have a spare '25 tank available, and it is now on it's way to me.

There may be less than a dozen guys that could look at it, and know that it was right or wrong with a screw-on cap, but it's gonna be Right, thanks to this Chat Forum and this string. And I didn't even start it!

Of course, this story is no big deal, compared to others. If you haven't read the string called "28 tourer (Australia)" under "Cars Wanted" - you should. It's a great story.

Be leaving for Hershey in a couple of days. Seee ya.