1948' Ford Bonneville Belly Tanker

LHD

Located in the USA...dry desert....

1948 Bonneville Belly Tanker Rare 1 of kind..

Price: $Best offer please..USD...POR....

Color:
Silver

Trans:
Four-speed manual

Engine:
300 CID inline 6-sylinder

1948 Bonneville Belly Tanker

•One of a kind, hand forged Aluminum.

•Miss Opportunity belly tank racer
•’64 Ford 300 CID inline six-cylinder with triple carburetors
•Four-speed manual transmission and Ford nine-inch rear differential
•Flat disc wheels


- Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Miss Opportunity, a 1948 Bonneville Belly Tanker.

- This bit of World War II military surplus has become a Bonneville Salt Flats racer.

- The tank body is in good, original condition and devoid of any paint.
- There’s no glass to speak of and no lights.
- The engine bay is tidy and houses a 1964 Ford 300 CID inline six-cylinder engine with triple carburetors and an electric fuel primer.

- Backing up this engine is a four-speed manual transmission with a Ford nine-inch rear differential.

- Other features include drum brakes and an aluminum radiator.

- This belly tanker rolls on Mohawk Predator HRS radials in front, size 225/60R15 and Custom 428H radials, size 235/75R15 in back.
- Each tire is mounted on flat disc wheels for aerodynamics.

- Inside is a single metal formed seat with the appropriate harness.

- The four-spoke steering wheel is in good, original order as is the shift lever.
-There’s a full set of gauges minus a speedometer and odometer.

- Drop tanks were designed to extend an aircraft’s flying time by acting as a portable fuel cell that could be dropped once empty.
- That way, the pilot could more easily engage the enemy. They’re also known as belly tanks or wing tanks depending on where they were attached to the plane. During World War II, they were available for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, North American P-51 Mustang, Northrop P-61 Black Widow and other combat aircraft.

- After the war, thousands of these tanks languished in military surplus yards and racers soon noticed.
- They snapped up the slickest shapes that would work best as race machines.
-They were, and are, fast little buggers.

- Before the war, streamliners ran just over 100 mph—today, they are capable of more than 360 mph!

- The attraction was that exposed-wheel lakesters were much easier to build than enclosed-wheel streamliners.

- The tank gave you the whole body, you could stuff bits of a Model T frame, a flathead motor inside and add Ford axles on both ends and you were nearly done.

-That’s what the builder of the first recognized postwar tank, Bill Burke, did.

This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!


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   Shipping at your cost example...is about $1,500.. to the UK ports...


   Thanks for looking....


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