Good for you! Gotta use ingenuity these days. Kudos to you. That should do the trick. 👍
MALIBU 78 Malibu wagon.
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So measure the OEM tank, adjusted and squared it up.. will need to delete/modify spare tire well for this.
OEM roughly 21" wide at the rear and 16" wide up front up top but 20" on the front bottom..
Think one could push ~42" wide before getting into issues..
Basically i made a 36" wide, 23" long 14" box. With a 14" long 4" high wedge removed from the bottom rear to replicate the OEM version.
At 100% capacity..
At 36" wide, the 4"x14"x36" wedge has a volume of ~1007ci or 4.3gl
The 36"x23"x14" box has a volume of 11,592 ci or 50.1 gallons.
Remove the wedge volume of 4.3gl and it's 46gl
At ~ 90% fill volume puts capacity ~41gl.
That would give one a solid 35-38 useable gallons vs the 12-14 useable gallons factory has.
There's a few retro in-tank pump into that can reach 15" most stop about 12"
OEM roughly 21" wide at the rear and 16" wide up front up top but 20" on the front bottom..
Think one could push ~42" wide before getting into issues..
Basically i made a 36" wide, 23" long 14" box. With a 14" long 4" high wedge removed from the bottom rear to replicate the OEM version.
At 100% capacity..
At 36" wide, the 4"x14"x36" wedge has a volume of ~1007ci or 4.3gl
The 36"x23"x14" box has a volume of 11,592 ci or 50.1 gallons.
Remove the wedge volume of 4.3gl and it's 46gl
At ~ 90% fill volume puts capacity ~41gl.
That would give one a solid 35-38 useable gallons vs the 12-14 useable gallons factory has.
There's a few retro in-tank pump into that can reach 15" most stop about 12"
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This is some good stuff. Thank you for sharing.
Well some fun stuff showed up for the wagon and my little helper had to help me open things up and sat with me for awhile while I started this project. She's nice!
Looks like we have a car girl coming up through the ranks. Better start looking for another GBody.
Yeah she is a 3rd in line but the only one thats interested in cars at the moment. I would just love to build something with all of them at some point. Biggest thing going for me is she loves the wagon!
Being a wagon lover is a good thing. My wife and I have owned two and a couple suburbans.
