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September 21, 2003
I spent another hour or so prepping the firewall and painting it with Krylon semi-flat black paint. I found this paint has excellent durability and looks correct.
Next, I removed the fuel gauge sending unit and the filler neck from the gas tank, drained the gas tank and washed it out with water. Here is what it looked like before, and the next photo is after rinsing the tank out and wire brushing the tank with a heavy duty wire brush on an angle grinder. I made certain there we no gasoline fumes left in or around the gas tank before doing this. 
We purchased a fuel tank restoration kit from Eastwood products. This kit allows you to clean out the interior of the fuel tank of any contaminants, seal it, then coat the inside. It turns out the 79 tank is lined with a rubber/plastic material unlike earlier corvettes. Oops. Anyone need a fuel tank resto kit? Well, we were able to use the exterior fuel tank paint and it turned out great! Next up: Install the engine, transmission and put this body back on!!!! 
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