Commodore tank in Ute

[air-chief]

Hey Guys


A few of you have been waiting to see my pic of this mod.  VS Commodore fuel tank (and diff) into my ute.



Regards a-c.

[spider]

 :)Hey Airchief,
                       That looks great , Iwas wondering how it would go as i was thinking of the same thing for my ute. The bar that seems to be going across the top of the shockie hump, is that there for added strength?. I have to take mine all out, because of the rust and replace it . Any more photos of your ute in progress?.
Cheers Spider

[air-chief]

Hey Spider

The bar that you talk about is there for added strength.
It serves as a support for the tray floor, has the shockie mounts connected to it and adds strength to the floor pan. If yours is rusted check out the spring hangers as more than likely they will be rusty from the inside out.
I've added extra supports to mine.

I'll take some more pics soon.

Cheers a-c

[spider]

Hey Airchief,
                   Yes the spring hangers and all the way back up to the shockie hump has gone and has to be replaced. I could not believe how much junk you could jam into the hanger and chassis rail and that was one side. I was going to take a photo of it because there was so much, no one would believe it. Did your ute have the same problem?. If so i would be interested on what you had done to solve the problem. I have to decide whether to unpick all the spot welds or just cut it out and replace it.
Look forward to more photos.
Cheers Spider
       

[air-chief]

Hey spider

Mine rusted out the front floors and sill on the LHS and around the original fuel tank, other than that its really good. Had to completely rebuild the bottom of the A pillar.
Did yours rust out both sides of the chassis?

a-c

[spider]

 :)Hi Airchief,
                    Yes unfortunately both sides have to be done. It's funny how one side is gone and the other side is not as bad. I found that thru out the car. The front-end is perfect, i won a NOS complete front floor on e-bay and thats all ready to be welded in, but as i worked back i found more and more. But the body is perfect, so that is the reason it is not getting scrapped, The cab is perfect, the only rust is the back floor and the rear suspension, but i am not going to let it be another statistic, it will get on the road and be done properly
Cheers Spider

[HARKO]

Spider sounds like your Ute served duty in the same way a mate of mines EH Ute did.
He tells me the old guy must have driven down to the beach once a week reversed it into the ocean and taken home a load of salt water with him.
The ute I talk about had massive amounts of time rebuilding the floor while rolled onto its side ,He then lost a bit of interest and left it in the rain (on its side to fill with water) the rain in wollongong often contains fallout from BHP Steel so the Ute has very original rust holes through the quarters now.
Go figure  

[spider]

 :)Hey harko,
                    You are close, the original owner lived on a farm in toowoomba and the dirt i cleaned out of it was a lovely red volcanic soil, so you could imagine the red soil when combined with water, a lovely mix. The only thing that saved it from being completely ratshit was that it had never been on the coastline. If it had, you could imagine how the salt would of help it along.
Cheers spider