In need of a fuel tank for a 77!

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I just picked this up,as I have been looking for years for one in good condition Well,this one is one-owner,and pretty much all original.Just needs a gas tank,badly. Anybody have any suggestions?

[73GTV]

Mr. Carlyn Dinkler
7310 Timber Ridge Dr
Mint Hill, NC 28227 USA
704-545-5261
Fax 704-545-8671
cdinkler@bellsouth.net

If anybody should know it would be him. Met him at a T.O.R.C. show a few years back and he was able to pull parts that hadn't seen the light of day.

I did however sample this information from another post just to let you know.

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He only deals in pre-73

[79Corona]

What's wrong with the existing tank?

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Rotted inside,no pump,cover,etc...It needs new.Is a fuel cell my only option?

[79Corona]

I don't know about a fuel cell. How rotted is it? I believe there is a liner that can be put in there, but not 100% sure. Fuel pump can be purchased online. Do you have the fuel level sending unit?

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No sending unit,and the baffles have holes in them,ano pump,lines,etc... A liner?You mean something you pour in?That stuff is junk.

[79Corona]

Okay, just trying to help.

[shonuff]

you might get lucky with a 2nd gen celica gas tank, same basic location and size.



or you could get a tank in good condition and use it to fix your exsisting tank.




but hold up a sec, you got a tank under the trunk or in the trunk?









toyota being toyota i bet they didnt make too many different gas tanks, or they were modified from the same part to fit.




off topic
do you got a close up pic of the hood ornament?

[73GTV]

Too bad he wasn't here in Fontana, California. I was at the ecology Foreign car only U-pick-it and there is a Green 1977 Toyota Corona that hasn't had the fuel tank pulled out as of 11:30 AM Sunday. Since the truck was locked and hadn't been jarred open yet, I'm gonna assume that since the filler Neck is still there, that your fuel tank in intact. Problem, how do you ship a used fuel tank?

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ups will ship it pretty cheap..... And the tank is in the trunk,and the inside of it is ROTTED,badly

I would pay you for that tank you up for a run?

I will get a pic of the hood ornament for you asap,it is cool....I just want to drive this little sucker!

My dad lives in San Luis is that close?

[73GTV]

Looks like someone has to make a road trip. The paperwork for shipping a previously fueled tank requires preparation skills that I have long since forgotten as well as the hazardous label required for shipment. I believe your father should do this for you. Look up the Ecology you pick it in Fontana, California and give them a call. The Only San Luis I found is in Tijuana. Let me look that up again.

[73GTV]

San Luis Obispo is in California half way between SF and LA. Fontana is east of LA off Inter-state 10 at the Cherry strret exit left to Sloval Avenue about 1/2 Mile on the left.

[shonuff]

if the tank is inside the trunk you "should" be able to use a corolla or celica one. they bolt in the same way.


tho now im wondering how rusty everything else is on that car if the tank in the trunk got rusty...


course it could of just been a lack of a gas cap i guess.

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yup,lack of gas cap,as the outside of the tank looks new,and there is not a spec of rust on the whole car..she has 14k miles