My 58 also has a drain plug on the bottom of the gas tank. From what I am told
most cars have them back in the 50's. For some kind of reason they were deemed
dangerous and were deleted in later years. Perhaps someone on the list can shed
more light on the subject. Bye for now.
Doug
1958 Crown coupe
>
> From: "Mike & Christine Trettin" <mtrettin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2003/06/21 Sat PM 01:53:50 EDT
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: IML: 1956 Gas Tank "Plug"?
>
> At the front of the '56 Imperial gas tank (bottom side) is what appears to
> be some sort of a plug or drain. My tank had a slight leak here, in
> addition to a dry rotted looking hose from the filler tube to the tank, so
> I've pulled the tank in order to do a full clean up/seal the tank/check &
> adjust sending unit job. Can anyone please tell me if this plug is
> threaded, and can be removed by using a 1/2" square drive to remove it? Or
> is it meant to be permament, and I should leave it alone and just clean
> around it and POR-15 it to fix the seepage problem?
>
> I have a picture of it here:
> http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Fuel/1956Tank/Plug.jpg
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike Trettin
> 1956 Imperial Sedan, Turquoise
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