WTB Gas Tank for a 1934 Packard 1104 (Super Eight)

[dpeeler]

Looking for a solid gas tank for an 1104 (Super Eight) Packard. I'm told that a gas tank for any body style will be the same as long as it's for an 1104 with a 142" wheel base. Thanks, David

[Owen_Dyneto]

David, what you've been told is not quite accurate, all the 1934 Eights and Super Eights regardless of wheelbase used the same gas tank.

[dpeeler]

That's great - it opens up the possibilities of finding a tank. Thank you!

 

Do you know of anyone reproducing the metal "accordion" connection between the tank and the filler neck?

 

 

[Owen_Dyneto]

If you've still got the brass accordion on your tank filler,  you're probably one of the very last to do so,  most everyone else having replaced it with a section of gasoline-compatible rubber hose;  to my knowledge no one has reproduced the brass bellows.  I tried fixing mine several times by annealing it to relieve the "work-hardening" and soldering the leaks but after 2 or 3 attempts I went to gasoline delivery rubber hose.

[dpeeler]

I've been down the road trying to repair as well and still can't fill the tank more than half full before it starts leaking. I was hoping to retain the originality, but it looks like I'll join the rubber hose route. Thanks!

[HH56]

Any chance one of the modern plumbing pipe expansion or flexible joints could be modified or adapted?   http://www.flexicraft.com/Metal_Expansion_Joints

[Owen_Dyneto]

HH56, here's a pix of the part, soldered on both ends, one to a flange on the side of the tank and the other to the filler neck within the left-side tail light.  Note the evidence of many previous repairs.

Edited January 3, 2018 by Owen_Dyneto (see edit history)