Hot Rods Belly Tank!

Thanks, Terry. JW

 

Tom Beatty’s
Photos from the Ford museum via Street Muscle online:






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Thats cool, very robust but with very little driver protection though. Don't see many with rear suspension, mine won't.
Any progress on your Tank? JW

 

I can imagine a mono leaf rear suspension causing havoc at high speed.
No, mine is hanging in the rafters while my coupe is in the works. Working to get my flathead running at the moment. I’d like to get my hands on a v8 60 for the tank.



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Hope you find a V8-60.
Did a bit more bending on the tube frame. Some small adjustments then the other side. JW

 

And a bit more progress. JW

 

Next will be to determine exactly where the rear axle will be and work out the mounting, that's why the bottom rail stopped where it has. Will start to make templates for the lateral lower hoops and also determine the seats position, i:e rake and height
Since i am back on this i will start a build thread for it this week. JW

 

Setting things out. JW

 

An update on mine. I have my own build thread now. ''Belly Tank Build, NZ''. JW

 

I don't know how I missed this one, I will be following !

 

Bump for this thread and an update on mine. G-box mounted now for the motor. JW

 

JW , what method or type welder are you using?
Terry aka dirt t

 

Mig welder. JW

 

Bump for this tread. JW

 

Looking good! Guess the shift linkage will add some time to the project. Bob

 

Congrats on the progress! it’s really coming along. I’ve been keeping an eye on your build thread. Great work.

 

The linkage ''should'' be rather straight forward as i have had it designed in my head for a while now. It will be similar in principle to one Truckedup did (see pic) on a Tank he built some time back. JW

 

Looking good JW.

 

Not my one, Terry, but one i shot at Speed Week 2019.... this is mine at the moment. JW

 

I'm impressed with your shifting linkage.
Good engineering.
Terry aka dirt t

 

Bump for this thread and a progress pic on my Tank. JW

 

Cage looks great! Did you keep track of the hours it took to bend all the tube?

Bob

 

Thanks, Bob and not really. All the larger radius bends took over an hour a piece. JW
Don't forget my build thread on my Tank, ''Belly Tank Build, NZ.

 

I finished making the roll cage back in March and completely redid it in July! JW

 

Why did you need to rework it? I thought it looked great. Something with the rules?

 

Way too much clearance and it was going to make the cockpit cover very bulbus and fugly. JW

 

Fugly is reason enough
It’s not just how fast you go, but also how cool you look doing it!

 

Bump.
Will pull it apart next week and finish welding the frame. JW