Crash and Burn

[msbhammer]

Well, I was notified today that I didnt get the job in Pa. Made it to the top three and they decided to give it to a female. >:( So it looks like I'll be working longer on the V now. So I decided to work on the V and try not to think about loosing out on the job. :'(

Marked out the deck and grabbed the saw and started cutting. The deck is all solid except for the area over the gas tank. I went ahead and cut out the skin as well. I wanted to see the condition of the tank.
The tank looked fine on the outside. I pulled teh fuel guage out and found gas. Pumped that out. Was happy that it still smelled like gas and not paint thinner. Inspected teh inside and she looked clean. Since it had gad and I never had the smell of fuel in the bilge, I guess the tank is OK.
Hope to finish it up this weekend.

[msbhammer]

Wet Wood. *:'(



Wet foam. Came out easy.



Pumping out the gas. Tank cleaned up a bit. This year tank set up on the 78 V really sucks. If teh tank had to come out, I would have to cut move of teh deck out. >:(

[msbhammer]

I ripped down some 2x4's to add under the deck between the hatch and the repair for more support.
Gonna add a few crossmembers as well before the new wood goes in.

[lumberslinger178]

Looks like you got your hands full with the project there hammer.

As for ::::

Made it to the top three and they decided to give it to a female.

She must be one tough cookie..... or knew some one :-/

keep up the good work bro ;)

[Mac_Attack]

Hammer you amaze me, are those smokes I see in your first picture. You should not smoke! Keep up the good work. Sorry you did not get the job. Billy Mac ;D

[macojoe]

Good work!!

But how the heck you going to get that tank out if you had to??

[Skools Out]

you wouldn't mines the same way but i just been thinking since my floor is out it would be a good time to move the floor hatch cover to over the tank centered i could just cut the floor and move the hatch cover back.

[shicks007]

Sorry to hear about the job Hammer :-/

Looks like you've got some work ahead of you.

[wpearch]

Hay hammer dont say burn wene your working with a gas tank lol

[garagenc]

Skool
I'm interested in seeing how you put the floor back in and make it look the rest of the floor.

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