A penny saved is a penny earned!

[Foster48x]

Most people find spare change under their seats...
I find it JB Welded to my gas tank!

Yea that's a penny... Oh those crazy PO's. For fear of springing a leak I've decided to keep it.

[mdrburchette]

Is it welded on there?

[mbouse]

SO, i am thinking if it were face up, we could read the date... that might explain its presence.

looks like it must be some kinda personal joke or something. I'd be tracking down the P.O.'s to discover the meaning behind this one.

[Foster48x]

Look like it was JB Welded on. I think when I re-do the fuel system I'll pull it off to see if it was used to repair the tank. If it's not covering a hole maybe its a penny from 1980, same year as the car?

[mbouse]

that would be my guess. except it is put on backwards..(cheeze)

[pope]

A penny is copper, so it cant be welded. It could be brazed. JB weld is OK and gas proof. Could have used it without the penny though for a better look. I'll bet it is a 1998 penny.

[manoa matt]

Buildings made of steel, or concrete buildings with steel reinforcement especially in marine environments are very suceptible to corrosion. The corrosion is actually an electrochemical reaction. To combat this building designers sometimes employ the use of sacrificial zinc annodes that attach to the structure, or attached to the rebar before the concrete is poured. Since the zinc is directly attached to the steel, it corrodes instead of the steel.

According to the US mint the "current" penny is copper plated zinc.

Maybe the PO used a penny as a sacrificial zinc annode to prevent the tank from rusting.

[Fiat88]

I enjoyed this post a lot since I'm a coin geek. Since it has the memorial reverse its date could range anywhere from 1959-present.

I know that when I pulled my interior apart I found plenty of coins,nothing special though. Mostly in the lower console there were a few stuck in the automatic shifter.

[azygoustoyou]

I actually found a dollar and a dime in mine. It wasn't JB welded though.

[Foster48x]

I enjoyed this post a lot since I'm a coin geek. Since it has the memorial reverse its date could range anywhere from 1959-present.

I know that when I pulled my interior apart I found plenty of coins,nothing special though. Mostly in the lower console there were a few stuck in the automatic shifter.

Unless I spring a leak I may never know. Although, curiosity may get the better of me and I might just pull it off to see what date is on it.

[katsi]

If you're anything like myself, you'll pull the penny off only to find that you now caused a major leak in your gas tank. I think you shluld change your post title on this one to "A penny SPENT is a couple of hundred saved". Anyway, I can't wait for the next exciting episode.

[racydave]

Its an old repair tecnique. Fill the tank with water, and braize a penny to the hole. I know of a tec who in the process of installing some equipment, drilled holes in 8 Crown Vics. After the first tank was replaced with a new tank, the rest were repaired in this manor. ALSO a way to repair a hole with a welder is to flatten a copper tube and hold it under the hole to be welded in. The weld will not stick to the copper.

[rlux4]

Good info, thanks Dave.
Ron