Dropping the Tank

I absolutely hate starting a project and not being able to finish it as soon as possible.  I've been thinking about working on my Granada for months now.  I either haven't had the time to get back over and work on her, and when I did have time, it was unseasonably cold.  Thankfully I was able to go over and start working on the old girl again this weekend.  She hasn't been started since August, so that was my first priority.  After a little bit of coaxing I was able to get her to fire right up and pull her out of the garage!  Since that went so well, I decided to move to the next step in my project, the gas tank.  

The tank doesn't look so bad on the outside, but I wasn't sure how much trouble it was going to be to pull.

You can't see it really well, but I tried draining the tank as best I could.  Unfortunately I couldn't get much out.  After I dropped the tank, i realized it probably still had 5 gallons of gas in it!  Luckily I was able to enlist the help of my Stepfather-in-law to empty the tank into a storage container.  That was some nasty looking, terrible smelling gas for sure!

Two nuts later, the tank was off.  The car has a surprisingly small amount of rust.  I knew that, but I was still pleased by how well the underside of the trunk looked.

Other than some dirt dauber nests, it doesn't look too terrible.  I'm going to see if I can get it cleaned up and hopefully reuse it.  Now I have to figure out what to do with all of that old gas!