Quote Originally Posted by stylingZ
Hi Irelands child, I am currently building a 1930 Brookville Model A roadster with metal fenders. I did not like the idea of plastic side gas tanks nor did I like the thought of the rear gas tank like on deuces. I talked with a man who has been professionally building hotrod for SoCal for many years. He pulled out detailed pictures of the custom made steel gas tanks he makes that ride much higher than the plastic ones. The price for his steel tanks was the SAME as the cost of the low hanging plastic version. The custom steel tanks are designed to ride much higher than the plastic ones so I opted to go this way. I will let you know how things work out once they are mounted.
Not a bad Idea - best check as to how much they hold. The plastic Tanks, Inc pcs only hold 6 or 7 gallons each. Also, make sure he supplies a changeover valve and assorted plumbing. Downfall for these tanks and their filler is that dribble of gas that ruins the paint on the splash shields.
I ended up with a 2 pass 24" extruded finned aluminum trans cooler under the right splash shield - so that side is full.

Another option, have a tank made to fit in back of where my support steel is in my '31 body. You can get more capacity. You just have to make sure you have an impervious bulkhead for fumes and fire.

Anything, just so long as you don't use an original cowl tank !!!