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Nice work, Kevin!

Gas tank back in, hopefully for the last time.

I did paint the straps, and I replaced the T-Bolts as the threads were pretty knackered.

Also, installed new anti-squeak, strips.

Just need to finish hooking up the wiring and fuel line and all that should be taken care of. I won't know if I fixed the sended leak until I have the tank completely full again.

Which will be post engine return.

Last order of business on the gas tank was replacing the gas filler tube to tank connector hose. The old one appears to be made of layers or fabric and rubber and was delaminating and dry rotted. So I needed a replacement. The hose is 2-1/4" I.D. and none of my local parts stores had in stock, and to have them order it required a me to buy a 36" long piece that was fairly expensive. So after some web searching I found that a 1960-1966 C20 Pickup used the exactly same size. So a couple of clicks later it was ordered a few on the way.

As long as it's fuel or vapor line, your car won't care what it was made for! Your original looks much like a longer piece that I just threw away which I had bought probably 50 or more years ago and never used. It was as hard as a rock. I had two feet of it but not usable.