OK guys, we finished...all went well.
First we used the Eastwood PRE to clean the metal surfaces on the new tank. That actually took quite a while...it seemed to bleed an oily substance for quite a while...but eventually it came pretty clean. We then used the Eastwood Tank Tone flat gray to paint it. Looked very nice. First pic.
The pad we ordered didn't seem to fit...was too small....so we cut it to fit the areas of contact only...and that seemed to work out well. Second pic.
Installed the sender stuff and new inlet grommet.
Then re-installed the tank and straped it in. Third pic. Fired the car up for the first time in months....sounded very nice. And no gasoline smell in the garage!