Larry,
The answer is yes, with a few comments. (I have a '75 Spit tank in my
'63.
1. Make sure you use the sending unit that comes in the late tank.
2. The late tanks don't hold as much fuel as the earlier ones.
3. There are vents that you have to work around on the late tanks that
are not on the early ones. (Use a vented cap and seal the other vents.
4. The late tanks suction the fuel from the top through a pipe that goes
to the bottom of the tank, so you have to reroute and extend the fuel
line. (this suction pipe is the reason you must use the sender that
comes with the tank.)
Regards,
Joe
Lawrence R Zink wrote:
>
> Can a late model tank fit in an early model car? Mine has almost sucummed to
> the dreaded rust monster.
>
> Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
> To: Michael Burdick <mburdick@netserv.unmc.edu>
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 8:25 AM
> Subject: RE: Spitfire Fuel Line
>
> >
> >>My '70 Mk3 has the vent line AND a recovery tank in the boot. The vent
> >>tube exits the filler neck to the passenger side, goes all the way around
> >>the boot rim once and into the catch tank. Another line goes from the
> >>catch tank forward along the frame rail to the plastic charcoal canister
> >>in the engine bay. My car is a late '70 Mk3 and has many elements of the
> >>MkIV. I always assumed that was one of them..
> >***********************************************
> >No that is the way the 70 MK3's were made, and possibly some MK4's as they
> >probably used up all the "old" tanks, until they phased in the newer tanks
> >with the filler neck extending into the tank. I, unfortunately, had one of
> >those fuel tanks originally, without the vapor recovery catch tank. The
> >original gas tank in mine would hold just under 9 gallons (8.8 US) instead
> >of the older (and later) tanks that would hold 10 US gallons. When mine
> >began to leak a few years ago, I replaced it with a (76 I believe) 10
> >gallon one with it's vapor tank, which now resides in the right side rear
> >wing- By the way, these tanks are slightly different from different years.
> > Some are rectangular, while others are kind of triangular in shape.
> >
> >Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
> >
> >72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> >70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> >70 Spitfire
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