Fuel tank

[cob428]

Have what appears to be a replacement tank for 69 GT 500 has a date that appears to be 1-20-83 armco stamp. Number on top of tank C9ZZ-9002-A. Were there 2 different manufacturers of tanks, I thought they had the USS trademark stamp?

Pete

[J_Speegle]

Have what appears to be a replacement tank for 69 GT 500 has a date that appears to be 1-20-83 armco stamp. Number on top of tank C9ZZ-9002-A. Were there 2 different manufacturers of tanks, I thought they had the USS trademark stamp?

Remember as a service part the contract for making replacement tanks would have gone out to multiple suppliers for the bid and often more than one company got the contract since this took place every so many years. Same thing went for the company/companies used to supply the material to the stamping plant so apparently Armco got the contract to supply the base material in the early 80's. There were a number of companies that supplied the material over the decades.

[cob428]

Will this be accepted in concours?

Pete

[Coralsnake]

Does it have a drain plug?

Any parts that are not as original are subject to a deduction.

[cob428]

No drain plug.

Pete

[Special Ed]

You got a late 69 so no drain plug as most nos tanks dont.

[Bob Gaines]

When was your car built at Ford?

[cob428]

June 11, 1969

Pete

[Bob Gaines]

June 11, 1969

Pete

I am not aware of a Ford change over date to no plug but June 11 seems late enough to not have one IMO. Ed may have a different take.

[Special Ed]

April or so drain plugs gone on assembly line and they had a date code stamped in the rear lip by the seam weld.