been a while but here is my 66 van all finished except for gas cap

Any clues on a gas cap for her? Original driveline. Motor was very clean and after redoing the seals and rear main seal she purrs like a kitten. does have a new carb. New exhaust makes it very quiet. Rebuilt drum brakes all around but I also bought the brackets for the disc conversion. Found am excellent gas tank via this board but also had a custom tank from Boyd's tanks built. 3 on the tree and she starts with 2 pumps of the pedal. This body was very rust free except a small place in the passenger footwell and the rear floor by the door. All the wiring was repaired. Everything works. Paneled, just because . Original wheels were gone when I got it and I replaced the S10 wheels with a set of torqueflites I had. New tires. Driver's seat was shot and there was no passenger seat. I had these MB SLK seats in my storage for years...turns, back up lights, mirrors and all new rubber seals I got from Brother's.


Day one and yesterday
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I forgot...I do have the other wiper arm, but need blades and I painted the cabin for ward black.  I thought I took a pic but guess I didn't. all the wood can come out pretty quickly.

Looks Great !!  ^5's

Very nice!
Torq Thrusts, not torqueflites!
http://www.americanracingwheelsinfo.com/American_Racing_Torq_Thrust_Original.htm

TFs are chrysler auto transmissions!

You can find a gas cap on eBay. I have already lost 2 NOS caps so I would suggest a stainless steel reproduction cap!

I think that black plastic locking type gas cap from Autozone, #5091 will work,,,,,,,or get a chrome locking one Stant # 11491/10491.......Napa - Carquest - Oreileys

I bought the locking gas cap front auto zone & I had to return it cause it was building up pressure in my tank & started making the engine run rough. It was supposed to be vented but didn't work for me.

I never tried the Black one from Autozone, they say its vented,,,but they sure need to be vented,,,,,,the Stant ones are,,,,,,

NICE!  

The black one was the one I tried. The package said that it was vented but it didn't vent. I could of got a bad one so it probably wouldn't hurt to try one of them. I had no problem with them refunding my money. I think I will try one of the stant gas caps.

Looks great

torque THURST! Don't know what I was thinking. Thanks, for info on the gas cap!

Real nice job on the van! Very nice. I like the partial door panel instead of a big square of wood, shows off the effort on the paint job.

Don, I have that Stant gas cap and I must have a bad one, pretty sure it is not venting at all based on recent performance and the huge gasp of air the tank took on when I filled up recently. My filler hose was all dry and cracked, leaked, and I think it was doing the venting since I don't drive it every day. I replaced the hose and after it was air-tight, all of a sudden the van was cutting out and now I believe it was starved for gas.

I was looking at this one, if you scroll down they say it fits a 66 pickup.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-1963-Chevrolet-All-Models-Chrome-Vented-Locking-Gas-Cap-with-Keys-/321122422424?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1966|Make%3AChevrolet&hash=item4ac4634e98&vxp=mtr

Sorry for the thread hijack, once again, the van looks awesome Andy.

I am thinking this is the normal gas cap,,,,,,


http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=BK_7031220_0394153635

and the locking one,,,,,,




http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=BK_7031113_0361173935

Thanks, I bought the Stant. Found it on Amazon.

Pretty sure mine is the Stant, I'll dig through receipts to find out for sure, the Napa Balkamp looks a little different. The sound when I popped the cap off (after having used up nearly a tank full without having the cap off) was like the giant sucking sound Ross Perot used to talk about. After I filled up, it ran fine again.

I replaced my fuel filter and the two rubber hoses with it at the fuel pump, and the rubber hose going over the valve cover to the short piece of steel tube at the carb.  The PO had some work done on the tank recently and I think the rubber hose back there is OK, I'll crawl under and look again.  Now I am thinking maybe it's the filter in the carb that might be all gunked up??

So which of those two venting types you describe am I supposed to have?

Well that might explain the stained paint under my gas cap, but I've never seen any gas come out since I've owned it. Got the plastic A.Z. cap.....

Congrats Andy! Van looks awesome! She's not a plain Jane anymore! Hope the gas cap works out for you. - Vanny