A candidate for a replacement fuel tank for the 1953 Hudson

Jan 24 (edited)

A candidate for a replacement fuel tank for the 1953 Hudson Super wasp arrived yesterday. It is a reproduction of a tri five Chevy tank. It is similar size fuel filler and outlet are in the same basic location so we will see if it can be adapted. Fuel tanks for the Hudson have been reproduced and might be still available but last I looked they were over $1,100 so that seemed a little silly to me. Hope I can make this work without too much effort. Ill keep you all posted.

Jan 24, 2026

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· Jan 24

How much was the new tank? I take it the original one is unsalvageable? We have a radiator shop that will still boil them for you.

· Jan 24

@alsancle The new Hudson tank was about $1,100. i didn't try to find a place to have it cleaned. It was pretty rusty inside although not leaking. This was an attempt at pushing the easy button.... Wish me luck.

· Jan 24

Make sense if you can rework it. Boiling and patching the original could turn in to a nightmare if it was rusted badly.

· Jan 24

@BillSmith I put a camera inside it looks pretty bad although it wasn't leaking.

· 3w

Well I forgot to post after the install. It works and it's in the car. With that being said here are the things you need to know if your going to try this. You will need to buy a filler neck for the trip five and cut it to fit. I used two hose clamps and a chink of fuel filler hose for that. Second the filler is at the top side of the tank unlike the Hudsons which is at the bottom of the same aide. In order to make it work I had to space it down about 4 inches. It's not ideal. Surprisingly it doesn't lake the tank too low. Lastly the fuel tank sending unit is opposite if what the gm unit was. I took the sending unit apart and turned the resistance contact around but it's still not right. If a person put this into a car that had been changed over to 12 negative ground they could install a resistance matcher to correct the guage but as my car is still 6!volt positive ground I don't think that's an option. Probably wouldn't do this over but it works for now as I get the car more reliable in other ways

· 3w

Any progress on the Jag or the Van?