Gas Tank

[DenverCruiser]

I just took mine out to put in a new clutch and was thinking what color I should paint it. It doesn’t make sense to me to re-paint it black as this will only absorb the heat in the summer. Shouldn’t I paint it gray so as to keep the gas cooler in the summer when the sun is directly hitting it?

 

[DenverCruiser]

Noone has any thoughts on this at all? I would think this would help really well against vapor-lock.

 

[DIESEL40]

Paint it pink!

 

[TexomaFJ40]

Road grim will paint it black eventually, don't fight nature!

 

[skyshark186]

Im assuming the one underneath the seat, since thats the only one that would get sunshine. But if you think about it, unless it sits in direct sun contact on the whole tank for a long freekin time every day, its really not gonna make that much difference. Unless you always drive around on a 1/4 tank like some people i know. Just paint it black and keep the tank full.

 

[nuclearlemon]

is your cruiser a light color? paint it to match the cruiser

 

[tobydog]

I'm with nuk!

 

[IDave]

Factory is black, but I like the same as chassis ideer, too.

 

[Landpimp]

not always, my 65 is pewter(and never painted) my 45LPB is pewter but been painted, but I think pewter was correct for those years at least. I imagine latter was black.

Factory is black, but I like the same as chassis ideer, too.

 

[IDave]

not always, my 65 is pewter(and never painted) my 45LPB is pewter but been painted, but I think pewter was correct for those years at least. I imagine latter was black.

Good point. The top of my LPB tank was repainted army green with the rest of the truck, but the bottom is surface rust color . I'll have to look at it again, when I take it out, and see what it was originally.

 

[Desertdave]

You could paint the tank black, and then chrome the cover to reflect all the light!

 

[nuclearlemon]

You could paint the tank black, and then chrome the cover to reflect all the light!

no cover...too early of a model for a cover