Suburban gas tank into a C10 frame?

[muddermilitia]

Has anybody out there put a suburban 40 gallon tank into a Long bed, regular cab truck frame?

For those that haven't been following along, I am using a 1987 C10 reg cab chassis under my 1959 Chevy Apache truck body.

The Apache had a gas tank inside the cab, behind the bench seat. I have ditched that. I don't want a gas filler in the side of the bed. I am running a fleetside bed on this.

My original thought was to use a 31 gallon K5 blazer tank in the back, where the spare tire used to be on the C10. But then I remembered about the bigger suburban tanks.

I do have to move the rear axle forward 8 inches for the body swap. So I will gain some room back there.

Does anybody have any input to this swap?

 

[skunked]

@Bent77 tried.....

 

[Bent77]

Um yeah. Was like trying to shove a garden hose up a ducks butt

I went with a 31 to get the tank off the bumper. Didn’t think that was too safe only had like an inch clearance

 

[muddermilitia]

Any pictures of when you were mocking it up? I'm not sure if the 59 Apache rear bumper will stick out any farther than the 87 C10 bumper did

 

[Bent77]

Not with he 40. I can get you 31 pictures installed on the frame.

The only difference on the 40 from 31 is all length

 

[muddermilitia]

I would appreciate that, thanks. I might have a k5 tank sitting at my Dad's house, gotta go look for it

 

[skunked]

with the axle moving forward 8" there's a pretty good chance the burb tank will fit.

 

[muddermilitia]

Just found this. They have dimensions posted. That will come in handy. Plus the price for a new tank isn't nearly as much as I thought it would be.

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/csb/full.aspx?Page=51