Help...is this a Studebaker gas tank??

[candbstudebakers]

From time to time I have people asking about used gas tanks this past week i have had 2 people ask about one for a 50 and I thought I had 2 of them but when I checked they were different one is a 50 but the other is now up in the air, here is a couple of pictures of it maybe some can tell me if Studebaker or not, if not it will go to scrap. the size is about 34" long and 24" wide and fills on the pass side , the filler is one solid metal one with out any rubber sections, help please.

[rknight89]

I've spent a lot of time around old Hudson's, Oldsmobiles, Fords & Studebakers. Of those makes, the only one that didn't use metal 'straps' to hold up the gas tank was Stude. Your tank appears to have mounting holes in the lip around the tank that mount it directly to the frame like Studebaker used. I'd guess it's Studebaker but don't know what year. Sorry that isn't much help, but, maybe a good start.

[Roscomacaw]

I've taken apart Stude cars and trucks from '47 thru '66 and I can't recall one that had a fully steel filler neck. All I know of have a section of rubber in the filler neck.

[aarrggh]

It`s a metal tank that holds gas .

[unclemiltie]

It could be off a 1947, they had the long fill neck and did not have the spare tire cut out in the floor

[studegary]

It could be off a 1947, they had the long fill neck and did not have the spare tire cut out in the floor

But I believe that a 1947 had the filler on the driver's side (left), not the passenger side (right).

[BRUCESTUDE]

I just removed, repaired and replaced a tank on a '47 Commander ragtop, and this looks similar-has the vent hole above the filler, and the sender off to the side. The filler tube had a rubber section though. If I'm looking at this right, the filler is on the left side???

[candbstudebakers]

No the filler tube is on the right side if it were turned over and on the left side then the sender would be up side down, sure is a strange one , don't remember where it came form either, it will more the likely end up as scrap.

[rockne10]

If it is, or was, Studebaker, I'm guessing it was pre-war, mid thirties to maybe '46 with the filler somewhere on the fender. Could be worth a couple bucks if you can identify it. If it's in your way, there's probably enough metal there to make a whole Hyundai.

[Roscomacaw]

I looked at the '47 parts book yesterday. While it doesn't spell it out, there was a gas tank used on '47s that doesn't call for a rubber section. The book states that AFTER that supply of tanks are exhausted, a different part number tank is to be subbed. That substitute tank DOES use a rubber section - whereas no rubber section is listed for the earlier tank. As well, the metal filler neck is listed for the second tank, but hot the first one. So one might ASSUME the earlier tank would've had it's filler neck as an integral part. But then there's the little problem of the neck seeming to be on the wrong side. AND - if the neck IS on the right-hand side, then the parts book would list a RIGHT rear fender with a gas door - which it doesn't. Later I'll look at the pre-war books to see if such a tank is listed.

[57pack]

Hello, Had a lot of trouble with a very early 1947 Champion gas tank, this tank looks all to familiar.

[clonelark]

Maybe a Conestoga? Or other wagon?

[9echo]

This tank looks like the tank in my '48 Starlight coupe. My filler tube has the rubber tube. There is a bubble on the floor of the trunk for the gauge sender unit to fit into. This tank has the same sender unit in the same place as my tank. Why do you think the filler is on the right side of the car? The filler tube does come out of the bottom corner of the tank, has a sharp swing towards the front of the car. I think Roscoe has the answer.

[royvaldez]

This is not for any 1950 or 1951 stude. If you do not have , I have many for sale.