Bed Mounted fuel tank alternatives...Need Ideas

right, so My wife sez the other day, you know what else do you have left to get the truck done, I say, I need to move the tank to the bed, work up and interior (somethin simple, just gonna do it myself after seeing the interior tech spot) and throw some hidden a/c in...she says, eh, you didnt get anything for your b-day so get yourself the fuel tank you want. I want that tank out of the cab so if you do get t-boned you dont get doused in gas and BBQ'd....so I started lookin, I dont have the room to put the tank in between of the frame out back due to having a bunch of other suspention related gear back there, and dont want to put a race fuel cell back there for the simple fact that it wont match the flow/feel of the truck....(I dunno, something about a square box in the bed of the truck I've spent countless hours streamlining) So's I'm thinkin a moon bed mount tank on the cool old school pedalstools....then I looked at the price HOLY OVER PRICED SHIT BATMAN!!!! have you looked at moons tank prices? what the hell? they better be made O' gold and take a leak for ya for that amount of $ (better part of 7 bills by the time you get the tank, mounts & fuel sender) Honestly, I cant see spending that on a gas tank no matter how cool it is.

So my question, is there anything else out there (specifically designed as a tank or not) thats 15ish gallons (More ok, but not too much less) and is old school cool? at this point the friggen tank is staying in the cab!

 

try sand rail sites. they use spun aluminum tanks. Around a couple hundred as I remember

 

try an old air tank from a compressor or an old air tank from a big rig trailer ...............

 

Or put the feelers out for a used one. I picked up an old 10 gallon moon tank with flip cap at a swap meet for $85. Just the cap goes for more than that in thier catalog.

 

think speedways got them for like a 100 bux last time i bought one

 

ahhh speedway and sand rails, I's forgot about them....

I tried the keg, it just doesnt fit the feel of the truck...
I also tried putting feelers out for an old one...no bites so far

thanks for the responses

 

I have seen non traditional fuel tanks covered by bottomless rusty drums, tool boxes, etc.

 

try old implements,tractors,old welders,i used oneoff a fmc bean tree sprayer, 13 gal

 

15 gallons is a lot.

 

this is a sand rail 16 gallon tank cost was about 2 bills

 

http://www.dansperformanceparts.com/buggy/fuel/buggyfuel1.htm

 

how about a old beer keg

 

tried that, didnt like it...have a friend with an older keg...it just didnt click

darling,
THANKs!!!! thats more along the lines of what I'm lookin for plus you can get the fuel sending unit added on which speedway didnt offer, they'll be getting my business!

thanks again, mission accomplished!

 

thanks again Darling,
Just ordered up a 16 gal tank with a fuel sending unit pad for $240.95 shipped...beats the hell out of $700+ from moon....looks just as good (I think)

Thanks again!!!