[The Art Doctor]

On the new parts front I went ahead and got a new Drake tank. I'd been watching it for a while and Speedway had them "on sale" with free shipping. I also had an eBay 10% off coupon from buying too much stuff so to the door it was $375. I figured that was good insurance for a car I intend to keep for 30 years. No sure what I am going to do about the gauge. I see there is a adapter plate to put the hydrostatic sender in the Drake tank. Not even sure if it works. none of my hot rods have never had a functioning gas gauge, just take a pic of mileage and fill up after 150 miles. This one has a trip odometer so I don't even have to take a pic just reset and fill up. I am thinking one of two ways: adapt the hydrostatic sender by cutting the top of the old tank out and drilling holes that adapt it to the drake tank or trying adapt an early ford electric gas gauge from something like a 1938 behind the '34 gauge front and using an electric float sender. Probably need to make up my mind before I take the tank out........any ideas? If either does not work there is always the trip odometer.


Also Skip came through lightning fast with the coil. It looks great and I will get it on there in the next day or two. I replaced the ballast resistor with the modern style one, was getting very low voltage at coil, and I am still getting a too low reading through it. 6.5 at the ignition switch, 6.2v in to the resistor but only 2.4v out at the terminal and still 2.4v down at the coil so its not the coil wire it is the resistor. I have another modern style to try before I pay the $29 to get the old style one.