Ford bronco fuel tank color

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  • Yellow

    Votes: 2 14.3%

  • Orange

    Votes: 7 50.0%

  • Red

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • Pink

    Votes: 2 14.3%
  • Total voters
    14
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My fuel gauge wasn’t working, I had signal and communication, so that meant a bad float.
I thought I was almost empty, I was wrong the tank was 3/4 full.
I got it down, removed the pump, transferred the fuel to the wife’s mini van and found that the brass float had cracked.
While I wait on parts I think I’m going to paint the tank.
This will eventually have a modified “free wheelin” stripe in orange or yellow/orange/red in that order.

I will be painting/powder coating a lot of other parts in the future, so I figured while I have it down I might as well. This color will be the main one under the truck.

So here are my options
Orange
Red
Yellow
Or my daughters pick pink lolABDCE1EA-144A-4F83-B13B-8C84131F8F25.jpeg852E66AC-2BFE-4712-BE27-D31182E48956.jpeg
 
You could always go with seafoam green. And get that horrendous gun in the bst to match it. 🤣
 
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Black. I’m all for A-team graphics but keep them on the outside and accent colors to a minimum.

IMO use the driveshafts, shocks, steering linkage, and your wheels for your accent colors. The gas tank is just a big square hanging down in the back. Not sure that any color other than black would look good back there, maybe black with some pin striping or something

I do dig hot pink and neons for retro 90s graphics 😎
 
Cluck Norris said:
Well all of those are eventually going to be on it
Some examples
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I really like these graphics and it would be hard for me to choose which one. I really do not like common suspension or other components painted crazy colors. Maybe painted calipers on disk brakes, maybe coil springs and shocks but that is about it for me. I'd keep it simple and paint it black. Maybe add some matching accents under the hood or in the interior. I would want the focus on that classic body and beautiful blue color.
 
There's a couple around here like that. The tanknis the same color as the body. Same with the suspension parts.
 
Henry Ford would say any color as long as it’s Black. Are you going to treat the inside of the tank also while you have it out? Treatments like POR-15 are not expensive and their only real downside is tank removal and if you’re in a rush to get it done. I’ve used in on old metal gas tanks on lawn equipment up to old motorcycle tanks with great results. With that tank out you are 90% done.
 
How bout upgrading the tank to the 38 gallon. It really ain't that expensive, unless you are filling it up.
 
On my old 86 Bronco I had a bad float too. Ordered a piece of floor from LMC Truck then proceeded to cut a square hole in the bed to access the fuel pump. Someone online had posted measurements. Did what I needed to do, then cut the new piece oversize, bolted it in with a bunch of silicone covering all the cut edges and gasketing the two pieces together.
 
It’s walking a tightrope trying not to offend someone, and at the same time trying to prevent a classic from tacky/gaudy mods…unless you plan to keep that thing forever, I’d keep the color accents subtle which = tasteful = resellable.
 
Les White said:
On my old 86 Bronco I had a bad float too. Ordered a piece of floor from LMC Truck then proceeded to cut a square hole in the bed to access the fuel pump. Someone online had posted measurements. Did what I needed to do, then cut the new piece oversize, bolted it in with a bunch of silicone covering all the cut edges and gasketing the two pieces together
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Nowadays with some minor cleaning up, some rivnuts, and some good gasket material it would look factory.

Squanchy said:
Put a funny face on the rear dif cover while you have the paint out.
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No diff cover on a 9”

ETA: looks like he already painted the axel housing red.
 
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hp468 said:
Nowadays with some minor cleaning up, some rivnuts, and some good gasket material it would look factory.



No diff cover on a 9”

ETA: looks like he already painted the axel housing red.
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Previous owner did but also it’s not a 9”
 
Nothing looks as good as rusty dirt coloring on a fuel tank.
 
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