MIDNIGHT RIDER
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My 1985 F-350 cab-n-chassis came factory-original with two tanks; a steel front tank and a plastic rear tank; although they specify 19.2-gallon (or thereabouts), either tank will hold twenty gallons.
The rear tank has a formed steel shroud around the tank's bottom that conforms to the shape of the tank.
This steel shroud is badly deteriorated from 32 years of hanging underneath amidst road spray and salt.
I am calling it a shroud for want of a better word; it is not really a skid-plate; maybe a skid-pan or rock guard.
My questions are:
1. Is this shroud all that holds the rear tank, or are there tank straps hidden behind there somewhere ?
2. Can this shroud be bought new ?
Thanks for reading.
The rear tank has a formed steel shroud around the tank's bottom that conforms to the shape of the tank.
This steel shroud is badly deteriorated from 32 years of hanging underneath amidst road spray and salt.
I am calling it a shroud for want of a better word; it is not really a skid-plate; maybe a skid-pan or rock guard.
My questions are:
1. Is this shroud all that holds the rear tank, or are there tank straps hidden behind there somewhere ?
2. Can this shroud be bought new ?
Thanks for reading.