Aluminum Gas Tank from late 80s V20

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Originally Posted by awthacker

Mine is original aluminum and I can smell gas in my cuddy... very strong odors right after refueling. My plan was to pull the floors this winter a to replace the tank and build in a cooler in front of it.

Can you get to the fuel fill hose on the top of the tank? Given the vintage of these boats, the fuel fill hose itself could be falling apart or the hose clamps might have worked loose. I'd sure check that before tearing up the floor.