For my 68 Wildcat, I am considering a switch back to gasoline power from LPG, or ''propane'' as many of you guys might call it. "Considering''. Of course I will need a fuel tank, but does anyone make a bolt-in? I understand a fuel tank for an Impala will fit in every respect except filler neck? Surely something a skilled welder can fix fairly easily? I am not that guy. My Wildcat was converted to LPG many years ago when it was a popular move for fuel economy here in Australia, as it was/is in Europe. But LPG is fast falling out of favour here with the wave of hybrid and fully electric vehicles. LPG conversion shops are going out of business because no one needs a conversion any more, they just buy electric power and get amazing MPG from new. A very large new gas station opened in my neighbourhood last year. 28 (!) new pumps. Not one of them is LPG. Some ''servos'' as we call them have pulled LPG tanks out. I'm lucky I do live on the far outskirts of a major city (Melbourne) with lots of LPG servos still, but country and interstate road trips will be an issue in coming years. There's no guarantee LPG will be around in 20yrs as a consumer fuel even though Australia produces it....but then again you wouldn't put your money on gasoline either! How are you European guys doing with LPG/propane these days? Carb or injection? I own a very nice car, but not a concours car. Someone down here has pointed me to FITECH fuel injection as the way to go, but while they appear to offer many fuel tanks for popular 1960s US classics, nothing for a B-body it would seem. While I am at it, the car has two very average electric fans right now....and original radiator but it all needs an overhaul. Ran too hot really before I took it off the road last year. I do not have the original fan shroud. I read a lot that orig fan shroud and fan clutch is the way to go, but if a fan shroud is impossible to find (certainly down here) 2 upgraded electric fans will surely do the job? Can the original radiator be restored to perform excellently, or is it always better to move to new quality radiator? Thoughts welcome. I am about to have the original 430 rebuilt at great cost and then move into paint and body ... I am looking to use the car a lot more, and if I was gonna make any big changes, the next year or two would be the time to do so. Thanks.
Hi, I can only answer for Denmark, but the whole LPG wave didn't come by here.. We have 1 place in the country that sells it.. Sweden, Norway and most likely Germany are also only using gas, diesel and electric cars..
The stock shroud and clutch fan is the way to go. The fan shouldn't be much of a problem, but (obviously) you will have to find a good used shroud. Possibly a member of this board can help you.
Has anyone here ever adapted an Impala tank? Are these dimensions close to the Wildcat tank? https://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/...t_id=373/category_id=124/mode=prod/prd373.htm
I got a tank from an Electra for my wildcat, will have to reuse my filler neck. I thoroughly check junk yards for a replacement and the main body of the tanks are the same on big body cars except the filler. If the trunk pan is the same on an Impala as a Buick I don’t see why the tank isn’t the same?
