The idea was to force the fuel back towards the engine on dragsters, etc. w/quick acceleration, plus better weight distrubution. Makes for a poor bumper, though!
You will sometimes still hear these tanks referred to as "Moon tanks", so called because Jerry Moon sold them early on. The company logo was those 'Moon Eyes' that I'm sure you've seen before. He also made the "Moon Discs" wheel covers and other assorted hot rod parts back when.
The 'Moon Equipped' decals were very popular years ago.
The idea was to force the fuel back towards the engine on dragsters, etc. w/quick acceleration, plus better weight distrubution. Makes for a poor bumper, though!
You will sometimes still hear these tanks referred to as "Moon tanks", so called because Jerry Moon sold them early on. The company logo was those 'Moon Eyes' that I'm sure you've seen before. He also made the "Moon Discs" wheel covers and other assorted hot rod parts back when.
The 'Moon' and 'Moon Equipped' decals were very popular years ago.
Mostly those front mounted Moon tanks are used for looks or for a radiator over flow. They are old school, kinda neat, quite expensive these days, but do "make a statement" for those that like that kind of stuff. For me - my back bumper is next to my gas tank, <2" as it's a '32 style tank on my '31 :sweat:
hey they have pretty neat stuff at mooneyes, I love the variety of tanks, about the decals I'm gonna print their logo on adhesive vinyl but please don't tell anybody
it's kind of difficult and expensive buying parts from the USA in this shores but definitely I want one of those fuel tanks for my buggy.
In 1962 you just mounted the tank further forward or further rearward, higher or lower, fuller or less full, depending on where you wanted your center of gravity at launch:
In 1962 our tank size was good for one pass so we had to make sure the tank was full for each pass. Forgot and ran out of gas at the start line once and did not do that again..
I asked the same question back when I was a 10yr old kid building models and was told it was for dry ice to cool the fuel. The fuel line ran through it.
Agusto , you can take an old propane tank, fill with water and start trimming and cutting to remove the brackets, then buy a screw on filler neck from Speedway to make your own " Moon TanK" I made one a few years ago for my dunebuggy
I checked Speedway and they don't have the one listed I used on a beer keg tank I did on one of the T buckets. But when I ordered it they said weld on but it had a flange and was a screws on type.
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