Abandoned BARN FIND Chevelle gets a new FUEL tank

Our Abandoned barn find Chevelle gets its first new parts in nearly a quarter century. Now that we have revived this neglected Malibu, and have gotten back on the road, we need to start addressing the sub-systems. The first area that we will focus on will be the fuel system. Up to this point, we have been running the car off a fuel just that Trevor has been holding between his legs on the passenger side. Naturally, this is the first thing I want to address for safety and convenience.
Since this Chevelle was left sitting outside for nearly 25 years here in the PNW, I did not even want to bother trying to restore and reuse the original fuel tank. I had initially ordered a new stainless steel fuel tank but it has been on back order for months. With summer fast approaching I realized that we needed to get a fuel tank in the car, so I ordered the cheapest one I could find to hold us over.
We encountered some headaches with the fuel tank straps, which were self-inflicted since the ones I purchased were stainless steel, thus the metal was far harder the the factory steel pieces. This just allowed me to show Trevor different ways to work around these problems.
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~ Trevor & Nick
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About AutoTechNick:
Growing up in rural Oregon, I was always around Hot Rods & Race Cars. I imagine my early exposure to this culture ignited a spark of interest in cars, which remains my passion.
🎓 I am a proud Alumni of Wyoming Technical Institute @WyoTechAutoMechanicSchool where I studied Automotive Technology, Performance Engine Building & Street Rod Fabrication. In addition to "WyoTech," I graduated from the BMW Service Technician Education Program, more commonly known as BMW S.T.E.P.
🏎️ I spent nearly ten years working in various BMW dealerships as a Master Technician. After a move back home to the PNW, I found myself no longer servicing German-made machines but now working with Italians. I spent nearly another ten years as a Ferrari Master Technician & Shop Foreman at a local Ferrari dealership.
🏆 Ferrari selected me as one of 12 technicians worldwide to compete in the "Ferrari Testa Rossa Awards" for four years consecutively. Finishing in 3rd place in 2016, & in 2019 I was able to place in 1st, winning the competition & earning the title of the "Top Ferrari Technician in the World!"
🚀 As my time with Ferrari came to an end, a new career path awaited me…. Aerospace. I am currently working at Blue Origin, helping to build & develop the BE-3PM and BE-3U rocket engines.
With my new career path, I needed an outlet for my automotive passion, thus the reason for this channel…
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[@AutoTechNick]

I am very proud of Trevor! On all of the previous Chevelle videos, Trevor and I edited those together as a team. This video was the first one that I handed off to him, 100%. Well except for the outtakes from the outro that I added back in, unbeknownst to Trevor!
I think that he did an outstanding job with the edit!

[@jamiesonsime9197]

Great job, Trevor!

[@omarpatino4230]

Good job guys!
Also I just did mine and came inside to look up some videos on a larger tank.
But I noticed in the video you cut the straps out. When I got mine down I used a 9/16 wrench on the nut behind the band and bolt and used 9inch ratchet to twist the bolt out after hitting it with pb blaster.
Maybe that’ll help for next time and for reinstalling new straps

[@user-rx2wp5ri5y]

بداية جميلة اسمتر في العمل ❤❤

[@AutoTechNick]

Thank you!
~ Nick

[@davidparham2489]

Buy yourself a rotisserie it will be the best decision, then when finished sell it to get most of your money back

[@AutoTechNick]

For sure! It is on the list!
~ Nick