School me om belly tanks

I just picked up a drop tank from a guy today. He said it was from a WW2 plane but he didn't Know what type. It's about 8 feet long and over 2.5 feet high. I will take some pictures on Monday and post them. I would like to try to figure out what it's off of. It's made out of steel . Thanks Scott

 

Post some pictures. Maybe someone here can help you identify it. There are a couple of HAMBrs building tank cars. Interesting about it being steel, all I ever heard of were aluminum

Frank

 

I will post some pictures tonight. It's funny right after I did my post I did a search on belly tanks and like 90 people have all ready asked about them. So I found out alot but I have to got to go to my shop today and measure my tank. This place amazes me some time. Thanks Scott

 

8' x 2 1/2'

could be from a couple of em... i think the p-51 drop tanks were longer, like 12' or so?

interesting to see what info you get, learn more here by mistake than anyplace else by design...cant wait to see pics... visuals are nice

 

Here are the picture of the belly tank. It is a little to small for me and a engine. I might mock it up and put it in the rafters in the shop. I guess I'm going to stick to my plains to build a rear engine modified roadster. I still would like to know what it's off though. Thanks Scott

 

Wheres the filler neck, didn't see it in the pics

 

Steel?

 

Thats not too small, think small engine, a banger, coupled straight to the rear.

Just do it, like Bo, he knows.

 

scott,i have drop tanks too!
randy

 

Thats nice. I took the pictures in the rain and I was in such a hurry I took 2 pictures of the bottom. What a dumb ***. The filler is on the right side of the top twords the front. Thanks Scott.

 

yes it's Steel

 

i take that back,,, after seeing it, it could be a p-51 tank, or possibly from an f-4u corsair...

Bluto?
yea, Jim'd know what plane this came offa

 

Lookin' good there, Scott. My P-38 is 13 feet long and 3 feet in diameter and aluminum. I also have a Tank that is 10 feet long that was a ride at the LA County Fair in the 50s. It is steel. Wayno

 

Some I picked up not too long ago...

 

hey man u got me drulin on my self u want to sell any of them i only need one i also wanna build a belly tank saltflat racer wanna cram in a flathead with a 4 -71 blower alredy got the engine just lookin for the tank

 

Dam another compitant builder and a belly tank. This is getting to be to much. I'm gonna be sick. I'll bet this turns out rad too.

 

Those are hellcat pods, about 280-300 gallon if i remember right, they used them on the FJ-3 fury also

 

Jimbob where the hell did you find them? What are the blue and yellow ones from Sabre? Mirage?