Some from my camera. I only like them as real fuel tanks on race cars or clones of, otherwise to me they look fake. JW
7 gallon polished moon on 31 Chrysler. I use the three spoke spinner cap. It uses around 5 gallons of nitro per pass.
Visited Moon in Cali for my 69th birthday from Texas. Asked “owner” for a tour.He said too busy to accommodate,but he said you can open any doors that were not locked and look around so we “made our own tour”. The unlocked doors held some unusual treasures.
1965 Russ Narzinski built this Custom Automotive's AA/Altered Bantam bodied roadster with blown Chevrolet engine displacing 395 CID
When did such a iconic speed part become a common ornamental add on? Most of the cars pictured have fake tanks that serve no purpose.
Hey RX, As cool as the Moon Aluminum Tanks are, going back to the origin of the movement to the outside was partially my brother’s fault and my fault. On August 13, our 1940 Willys C/Gas 671 SBC coupe blew up after the timing lights. The clutch blew and the whole interior caught on fire. The particles of the clutch, scatter shield and floor flew all over the place and consequently hit the Moon Aluminum Tank. (with the hand pump) The Moon Tank was attached to the floorboard of the passenger side, it blew, leaked gas and the resulting inferno was seen by a packed house. (The Leonard Harris/Albertson Olds, 13 win, consecutive win streak was in full force. They were in the staging area as was the Twin Bear Howard Cam Special. They were supposed to run in the next race.) When the Willys fire extinguisher would not put the cabin fire out, my brother slowed to around 60 mph and jumped out. (Grist Bros memory from the return lane) Our Willys was wedged into the spectator side fence on fire. It was horrendous. The drag strip closed two hours early as no one could put the fire out, so they let it burn itself out. Atts Ono stayed until the fire was out. I had already gone back to the ambulance that was loading my brother for a trip to the hospital. (Mr. Childers) https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/friday-art-show-4-17-20.1190825/#post-13540032 (a misprint was put in the article as a C/Altered. But, it was our C/Gas Willys Coupe wedged into the fence, on fire.) Jnaki The aftermath of the explosion/fire and what not, was the start of the Moon Tank removal from all drag racers’ interior spaces. They had to move in to the rear or front. At the time, most racers moved it to the front behind the grille. Atts Ono was on our crew and immediately designed a milled aluminum bracket to hold his newly moved, Moon Tank to the front, behind the grille of his 40 Willys. All hidden away, but fully functional. But as years rolled on, those that could not figure out how to put it in front, just bolted it to the bumper brackets or bumper. The ugly movement was on the books, fake or real.
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