I figured it would be the last one I would get to touch, but we were lucky enough to get one more. We sold both those for $20,000 over the last couple of years. I actively searched for one for 10 years and never found any, until just last year when I found 2. To say these tanks are rare would be an understatement. I spoke with Bill Burke and he told me that he would go to the surplus salvage yard and pick out tanks.” Bill and several others built cars out of these tanks from 1946 on. After the war, they were cheap and very aerodynamic. Bill Burke is the man that is credited for being the first to take a surplus airplane bellytank and make a land speed race car out of it. This is the tank that 95% of all the post war Lakesters were made from. The Large P-38 that is Aluminum with bolt together flange. “This is the P-38 Aluminum Drop tank from WW2. Or, use it for your plane if you have a Warbird P-38. This is the best tank to have for land speed racing. These are the 305 gallon big P-38 belly tanker 14 foot drop tanks. These aluminum P 38 military bellytanks are the real deal. I am open to trades for: vintage travel trailers, motorcycles from real Harleys to Street bikes etc… not “custom” bikes….classics, hot rods, customs, late model vehicles, RVs, boats… I can trade up ( tank plus cash up to $60k ) or down or on multiple vehicles or partials etc. do the same car with a real roadster body. Just like building a great fiberglass 32 roadster. Build it out of another tank or fiberglass. It will be worth so much more / will be worth at least what you put into it. Priced per tank, not per pair.īuild your lakester out of a real P-38 tank. We have a pair for your P-38 Warbird, or will sell individually. 2 United States Air Force Fighter P-38 fuel drop tanks for sale.
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