Beer Keg Gas Tank How To

Got a keg that I want to turn into a gas tank. Found the vented cap filler neck at Speedway - was curious to see what information people had regarding the fuel lines.

Do people bother with sending units on such a keg tank? Do you need to plumb vapor/return lines? Or do you just slap a 3/8" fitting on there and run it to the carb?

This will be going in a pre-1932 car with an older engine like a flatty or nailhead.

I tried doing a search here, but only found a couple listings of guys selling keg gas tanks - not information on how to build. There's other websites that have information on this, but I'm a member of this board - so I was hoping that I could get some help here.

If someone knows of a How To thread, please link me and I apologize for starting a repeat thread.

 

you might catch some flack here since its been way over done. to each his own though.

 

Way overdone but still fun and a lot better looking on a car than that moon tank zit hanging out in front.

One thing, the rules and regs in a lot of states now require the fuel line to enter the top of the tank from the top rather than the bottom so the the fuel doesn't automatically drain out if something comes loose. You might check on that first.

 

Forget the regulations in your state and put the pick-up tube in from the top. It's the best way to do it. Find a good Alum. tig welder and let him weld in the fittings and the filler neck and you're done. I did one about 35 years ago and the fitting was in the bottom of the tank, never had a problem but I would go in from the top if I did another one. I didn't have a sender in mine but had a sight tube that worked, kinda.....

 

How about putting in two fuel pick up pipes in the keg one at a lower level than the other, with a tap in the line to alternate between the two, this would allow for a reserve fuel supply in a similar fashion to a motorcycle, ***uming that you do not have a fuel guage fitted.

 

Most beer kegs are stainless steel NOT aluminum.

 

I've had an old aluminum PBR keg sitting around for decades but don't know if I'll ever use it. Looked kinda cool long ago but maybe not these days.

 

Just run a hose from tap and pump away.

 

"Most beer kegs are stainless steel NOT aluminum."

some are made from trees. vern used this on the Hemi Jeep. When told it wont hold gas he reminded them it had held alchol for many years before he got it. This one is from a brauhaus in Munchen (brewery or brewing house in Munich,) Even though the car as used for Taagz is not a runner I did take to heart what he said. It is a pretty stong tank too. What would be real neat is to have one cast in aluminum using this one or one like it as a mld. Go ahead , call crazy but it could be easily done and would be super cool looking. A little paint and who would know?
Don

 

I have a beer keg tank on my tbucket and it works great. It's stainless, and the gas fill is from a boat supply house, (I had to grind the threads off, then made a gasket from cork,,) had a friend tig weld a stainless fitting on the bottom, and I added a sending unit, which is out of sight under the hold down strap. I built a frame on the back of the car, used small truck steps underneath each side of the tank for supports. Works well, and as a bonus it's a Firestone brand beer keg,..

 

Step #1 should be drinking all the beer! Nobody should be able to use a keg for a gas tank unless they emptied it, solo, in a set amount of time, the shorter the better.....