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New Stainless Steel Fuel tanks for HUDSONS
  • ralpie
    Posts: 1,066Platinum Member
    Rudy Bennett, long time Hudson owner/restorer has collaborated with a El Paso Texas fuel tank manufacturing company to design and produce stainless steel fuel tanks for Hudson automobiles. Their initial tank was designed and produced for the 1946-47 2-doors or 4 doors Hudson bodies.

    Direct all requests for information to the manufacturer and Rudy.


    The specifications for this tank follow:

    • Stainless Steel tank constructed from #304 stainless steel
    • Tank body is 16 gauge steel with 18 gauge steel baffles.
    • Tank sides are 14 gauge #304 stainless steel
    • Filler tube: 4inch long 2inch OD
    Connection to your existing gas tank filler tube will require a
    section of rubber filler pipe and hose clamps. See attached picture
    • Sending unit flange is # 303 stainless steel
    • Fuel pick-up is 3/8 NPT fitting(female) with 3/8 stainless pick-up tube
    • Tank mount straps is 18 gauge #304 stainless steel
    • The drain plug is 3/8
    • Tank Fuel Capacity 20 gallons
    • Tank price is 695.00 plus shipping

    The manufacturer is now taking orders for this tank

    Manufacturer:

    Ricks Tanks, 228 Sunset Rd. El Paso Texas 79922 Tel.915 760 4388
    Email: sales@rickstanks.com

    Ricks Tanks is local family owned a supplier of custom tanks. Customers include Summit, JEGS and Year One. They will ship worldwide.

    Fuel tanks for the following Hudson automobiles are also being developed:

    • The tanks for the 1948-1953 will be made in 2 weeks.


    [attachment=13073]fueltubeinstalled.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13074]46tankfillerside.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13075]fillertube.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13076]fuelpickupopening.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13077]installed.jpg[/attachment]

  • KdancyKdancy
    Posts: 1,062Platinum Member
    Rudy-- Great project!
    Kerry
    Wellborn, Florida
    http://s294.beta.photobucket.com/user/studebaker2/library/
  • Park_WPark_W
    Posts: 2,053Platinum Member
    Sure glad they're putting just a short piece of filler pipe on those tanks ... they're a bear to maneuver into place with the original long filler pipe. I note the SS tanks are larger (20 gal. vs. 16 1/2) ... will the original straps and hardware still be usable?
  • RonSRonS
    Posts: 612Platinum Member
    Why stainless? The originals lasted 50+ years and stainless is costly vs mild steel. What about stepdowns?
  • super651
    Posts: 515Platinum Member
    Thanks Park,the SS straps come with the tank and they are an inch and a half longer.
    Ron, i ask the same, and they said,thats the way we want it.
    Hudsonly Rudy
    They will build a tank for a 1953 very soon as another local hudson owner put the order in yesterday and as soon sa he gets it we will check for proper fit and let all know.
  • Park_WPark_W
    Posts: 2,053Platinum Member
    Geez, I'd have to work up some nerve to paint one of these critters! Looks super just bare "nekkid"!.
  • Ol racerOl racer
    Posts: 1,677Platinum Member
    FYI
    Tanks look great... If I bought one I would try buffing to lusterous because I dont think paint would adhere real well...
  • Lee ODellLee ODell
    Posts: 1,841Platinum Member
    Are there plans for makeing 46-47 PU tanks?
    Lee O'Dell
  • Terraplane33Terraplane33
    Posts: 233Gold Member
    Ol racer wrote:
    FYI
    Tanks look great... If I bought one I would try buffing to lusterous because I dont think paint would adhere real well...

    Sandblasting it previously will definitely help but still... ???
    Location : France
  • ralpie
    Posts: 1,066Platinum Member
    Heart_Of_Texas wrote:
    Rudy Bennett, long time Hudson owner/restorer has collaborated with a El Paso Texas fuel tank manufacturing company to design and produce stainless steel fuel tanks for Hudson automobiles. Their initial tank was designed and produced for the 1946-47 2-doors or 4 doors Hudson bodies.

    Direct all requests for information to the manufacturer and Rudy.


    The specifications for this tank follow:

    • Stainless Steel tank constructed from #304 stainless steel
    • Tank body is 16 gauge steel with 18 gauge steel baffles.
    • Tank sides are 14 gauge #304 stainless steel
    • Filler tube: 4inch long 2inch OD
    Connection to your existing gas tank filler tube will require a
    section of rubber filler pipe and hose clamps. See attached picture
    • Sending unit flange is # 303 stainless steel
    • Fuel pick-up is 3/8 NPT fitting(female) with 3/8 stainless pick-up tube
    • Tank mount straps is 18 gauge #304 stainless steel
    • The drain plug is 3/8
    • Tank Fuel Capacity 20 gallons
    • Tank price is 695.00 plus shipping

    The manufacturer is now taking orders for this tank

    Manufacturer:

    Ricks Tanks, 228 Sunset Rd. El Paso Texas 79922 Tel.915 760 4388
    Email: sales@rickstanks.com

    Ricks Tanks is local family owned a supplier of custom tanks. Customers include Summit, JEGS and Year One. They will ship worldwide.

    Fuel tanks for the following Hudson automobiles are also being developed:

    • The tanks for the 1948-1953 will be made in 2 weeks.


    [attachment=13073]fueltubeinstalled.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13074]46tankfillerside.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13075]fillertube.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13076]fuelpickupopening.jpg[/attachment]

    [attachment=13077]installed.jpg[/attachment]


    BTT

  • KdancyKdancy
    Posts: 1,062Platinum Member
    When this topic first posted, I sent Rick an e-mail to the above address (sales@rickstanks.com) and have not received a return e-mail back yet. Is that a good address?
    Kerry
    Wellborn, Florida
    http://s294.beta.photobucket.com/user/studebaker2/library/
  • ralpie
    Posts: 1,066Platinum Member
    Kdancy wrote:
    When this topic first posted, I sent Rick an e-mail to the above address (sales@rickstanks.com) and have not received a return e-mail back yet. Is that a good address?

    Link to Ricks Tanks contacts: http://rickstanks.com/contacts.htm

  • RonSRonS
    Posts: 612Platinum Member
    Just found out that a friend of mine bought his tank from ricks for his 33 Chevy. He was very happy with it and paid the same price.
  • super651
    Posts: 515Platinum Member
    Thanks to all but,I should have told all that the reason the 47 and back has NO Vent is , The filler pipe is almost on top of the tank and does not have to lift the fuel up to properly fill it. The 48-54 tanks fill from the side of the tank and just below the top ,and as the tank is getting filled to the filler tube on the side and,the top mounted Vent is plugged for some reason the fuel will kick back out of the filler pipe before it is full. (to days fuel foams a lot and that causes the fuel nozzel to stop to soon).
    My new SS tank on the 46 is so easy to fill that it will be fuel when the nozzle cuts the fuel off. Hudsonly Rudy
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