Building Fuel Tanks from junk - 1939 Hudson Rat Truck Part 31
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- In part 31 of the 39 Hudson Rat Truck build, we pay a visit to the junk yard to scratch out some usable stuff and build 2 fuel tanks from scratch.
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"Een man se gemors is n ander man se skat." Going to a junkyard is almost like being a kid in a sweet shop.
Net so! My favorite shop😁
One of my favorite sayings, one man's trash, another's treasure.
unfortunately because of lawyers and greedy people a lot of junk yards or recycling yards don't allow ''shopping'' anymore
The birds sound like what are called corvids or crows. I love them. They are smart and able to develop good (if noisy) relationships with people. In the USA crows, ravens, jays, magpies etc. are all corvids.
Those are Hadedas. Some say the loudest bird in Africa! Go Google it, interesting bird
I'm glad you went for the NON-PINTO option !!
Anyone can make a bracket. The genius is in knowing exactly where to put the bracket! I love this project.
Thanks!
FACT
I like your free thinking ability to modify anything into your idea.
Thanks!
It is a Pure Pleasure to be Graced with Your Presence in My Home Today, East Coast USA, Pennsylvania to be More Specific. We are Blessed to have the Opportunity to Witness Such an Artistic Spirit as Yourself Construct a Beautiful Creation to Bring Joy & Put Smiles on Faces for Decades to Come, Dare I Say a Century? It’s Not Unheard of, with The Level of Detail on a Solid Foundation Such as This, almost Certain to be here for Many, Many, Moons. Long after You and I are Dust My Brother, Moved onto the Next Chapter depending on Your Beliefs. Lord Willing I will Have Been Called Home to The Gloryland. Appreciate You Having Us along, I’ll catch you on the next One, Keep It Safe Out There Sir.
What's with the excessive capitalization? Just asking.
You're a true Brackateer.
😆
I think you qualify for true "OG" definition, Original Gansta"
Gangsta? Me? Never! 😆
Sorry brother I missed your viddddeooo. I was cruising the mountains of Norway. In my ny1972 508mercedes built with 10.000 lbs of square tube. No brakes it was rock and roll dream. Luv ya brother. The original laekka man lekka. I pray for you. D
Sounds like you had a good time!
That metal tool box would look so cool in middle of your tanks!!!!!!
My dear friend,You are the junk magician. Great work
😀Thank you.
Always a bonus when you take us along on a Road Trip. I suppose you chose Refrigerant Tanks for the KOOL Old Goat ( Greatest Of All Time) factor. Thanks for sharing your time and resources Diff👍.
Greetings from Whidbey Island, Washington State, USA. Don't forget to provide a vent hole in your filler caps. If you don't, your fuel pump will pull a vacuum and eventually starve the engine.
That plug in the tanks are so you can poke a hole in the . See refrigeration tanks cannot be recycled if not puncherd .!looks good brother. And I don’t believe you put up with the chimps ?? They wold drive me nuts .. keep jamming brother can’t wait till the next one!
It's amusing that you ask what the audience would suggest. After watching you work I doubt that I could suggest ANYTHING which would be an improvement. It looks great.
Thanks. I'm always open for suggestions and constructive criticism 🙂
I Like the Front Gas Tank With the 2 Tank Systam Nice From East,Texas USA
Not just recycling it, but upcycling it.....brilliant. But we would not expect any less.
Thank you for sharing your design choices and creative process. I also appreciate how helpful your mocked-up fuel tank options help guide your vision. Keeping the Watts link visible was a good plan!
You are so welcome🙂
😎👍🇺🇲
Cheers brother from the PNW Seattle WA area.✌️
Always a joy hanging out with you in your dusty old shop.
"OG" Original Gangster.
Work shop hand made Gangsta!
Fuel tanks look great. The cover over the sight gauge is a nice industrial look.
Bloopers.😂. turn on the camera and get tongue-tied. Can relate ➰️👅🪢
Thanks! Those bloopers come even easier if English is not your first language 😄
This guy must have worked for nasa in his former life cause all his work looks so professional
Cant remember what I was in my former life...😅
thanks for converting to SAE. i AM IN Florida USA.
"Tiny Bubbles" by Don Ho came up in my mind when you tested the tamks😂😂. Lookong good
I can hear that song in my head right now 😆
Ol Waylon Wire from Wenatchee Wa. U S of A sent me here. Great content.
Thank you! Welcome to my shop🙂
Awesome morning brother another awesome adventure with my brother from another country great to see you again brother
Tanks for another good one Div..From the back ,the swage on the cab gives the illusion the tanks are joined.looks great as per.Cheers .
Tanks very much for another great vid.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Clear coat those tanks they look awesome
I enjoyed hanging out Div
Div, The Old Goat. Goat = Greatest Of All Time!
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Oh, walking a junk yard, especially ones with classic vehicles or unusual items... My Dad used to take me with him to the junkyards in our area as a kid and teenager. Still enjoy it today, even just looking. Kinda do similar looking on the craig listings online, too. Good fun.
Looking great there paint it the same as the truck
Shopping with Div. Great buys. Lekka man
You should tell the psi that your using,for saftey,this old ship welder says about 3 psi would be plenty.
Keep it up,great work!
Guess I should have. Keep assuming that common sense still exist. And of course it doesn't!
You did a great job. The idea of having the tanks vertical in the middle makes for less sloshing around of fuel safer from rear end impact and ease of filling.
Yes, exactly!
Div, your gas tanks were filled with helium. Used for party balloons 🎈. I'm loving your build.
OG, Original Ganster! 🤟
The back of the bed sure is full. But the new tanks are a nice addition. I like the look take care Div.
The fuller, the better!
As Usual My Friend 👍😎
Really enjoyed this tank building project! Thanks Div!
Glad you enjoyed it🙂
JUST TOO COOL YOU MY FRIEND ARE A ARTIST.😎
Nice project for an OG. Enjoying the build
You can weld on some knock off tabs on the filler caps. It'd look cool.
Good tank building process and a good decision on where to put the tanks. I didn't know that I would be getting a math lesson when I started watching your Rat Truck build.
Sorry about the math....but it can be handy 🙂
Good Video 👍 Waylon sent me 😎
Thank you! Yeah, just send him a big thanks, I didn't know about the shout-out 🙂
I am in the states. I have done a fair bit of work in Japan and Bahrain and had to use the metric system at times to work with the locals. I wish we would go to the metric system here, so much simpler to work with.
Your fuel tanks are an interesting solution to a simple problem.
I agree. Once one has worked with metric, imperial makes no sense 😊
I love the tanks. I think the truck is gonna need some boards on top of the box with Rat Rods For Africa routed out and filled with blue pearl epoxy. Have a lekka one brother!
34.25 You're trusting your life to a pressure regulator. With compressed air, you've got a bomb before you.
I trust my life to common sense🙂
Don’t forget a vent for the tank. Drill a hole in the cap.
Diff (Div) your T.I.G. is getting better. Like I've said before, it is way more skill. T.I.G. is unlike M.I.G., where in a good travel speed & temp, can make a good welds. T.I.G. needs practice as the only way to get better, and it is fun. To get a dime, laid-down look, try lower your temp, slow down a bit, and add a little circular motion with your touch. Adjust all as needed to get the look you want. The more you practice and the more you enjoy it, the better you are getting. Also, being able to see your weld puddle is manitoritry. For myself, also being older, my eyes aren’t what they used to be. But, we, back at (Wyotech here in the U.S. way back when), used to call “a cheater lens” or magnifier lens for the inside our welding helmet is a must. Basically, reading glasses for old and/or almost blind welder’s like us. Once, I found the right power cheater lens and could see the weld puddle clearly. It made all the difference for my T.I.G. welding. I love T.I.G. welding more than any other metal work.
Yes, I need to do more of it, to get some mileage behind me. 🙂 My current machine is scratch arc with this stupid manual gas valve om the handle. Doesn't make it easier and wastes a lot of gas! But, just ordered a better machine! Cant wait!
Good old days HotRodding at its best. Day’s of using what you have and create what you don’t. Love hanging out with you brother. You inspire me and I’m sure many others , young and old 👍🏻✌🏻
Thanks man. Yeah man, old school hot rodding is the essence of the game. These days it's just catalogs and dollars...
Exactly. Not many doing what you do my friend. Original HotRod was built the way you do things. ✌🏻
Much fun Div. Thank you so much.
Excellent. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Can't wait !
Loving the progress Div, sure someone else has probably already said it but 1mm ≈ 40thou I learnt that from my old man who's a fitter and turner.
I must try and remember that! Thanks.
I was so hoping for a beer keg.
Beer kegs are boring now man! Everyone does it...
Love the truck, I have a 1938 International Harvester. The rear window is identical to mine. The paint on mine looks like yours, rough and blue.
On hydraulic tanks I’ve built, I grind a vertical groove against the threads, it allows it to breathe and won’t let water in👍
Great idea! I'm going to give it a try. Thanks!
@@ratrodsafrica it works really good, I forgot to say to groove the threads in the cap! It works the best and doesn’t look like crap😄
@davidwaskiewicz3289 thinking about it, that would be the best. Thanks, going to try it
Ha, you're out a decimal place...but the answer was right. Just being a smart arse. Love your work, thanks for posting your videos, I get a lot of inspiration from these.
Thanks! As long as the answer is right😁
I am very happy that you are leaving the bed open to see all that work. That airbag system is my favorite part of the build.
I like your ideas of the cutting jigs and plywood you use for plasma cutting
Thanks. Give it a try, works well.
What about a little colorful ball to float in the sight tube? That might be kind of cool 😎
Good idea! If I can find a ball with the right diameter...
Wanner u een druktest doet vul de tank, volledig vol met water, zet er dan pas (lucht)druk op aan de bovenkant. dit heeft 2 voordelen.
a) Het is veiliger, een vloeistof kan je niet samendrukken en er is dus geen ontploffingsgevaar.
b) Bij een lek is dit ook onmiddelijk zichtbaar.
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O ja, het lijkt me mooier als de bovenste naad van de brandstoftanks onder de bovenste beugels terecht komen. Je tanks laten zakken kan enkel als er voldoende ruimte hebt onder de tanks.😇
If the tank had previously contained fuel, I agree that the water method is probably safer
great advice. I'm about to start of fuel lines and tanks on my rod.
Fabrication beyond infinity, Far out Man ! Keep it up.
Ring guide nice idea… Great job on the ride.
OG kool , I think its lookin; sweet w/ no rear fenders......Hot Wheels should do a version of this build
When I was a lot younger I loved roaming around junkyards so much I went to work in one. We used to get between 25 to 50 cars a day. I went home with a truck load almost everyday. Needless to say that the owner of the yard was a pretty cool guy. I think that the 3/8 cross pipe would work when driving but you would need to shut one off for filling. Maybe just vent one of the tanks, like my old Harley does. Just a thought. Keep up the great work.
Yes Div, nice tank job. I still like the original rear fenders though. Give a good day. Have a good day also. If you are going to pull a trailer original fenders won't work.
Thanks. I haven't yet written off the option of using those original fenders...
Neigh my lahrnie, my hart salit nie hounie checkaai beetle spares!
I vote faux rust tanks!
Lekker oom
Ciao ciao
Ek het ook gehuil toe ek daai Beetles sien!
The top of fuel caps would look good as pair of Those nock off wheel nuts seen on old cars and old race cars . it would match your wheels perfect to .
Interesting idea
once again a great video with explanation of why and how to make reallt trick tanks and brackets ...love it well done
Nice work, I think the truck is starting to get a really cool Steampunk theme to it with the added fuel tanks. Coming along quite nicely.
OG is Original Gangster! Or in your case Original Gandalf ha ha. Man Div it looks Amazing can't wait to come visit again! I'm glad you went with the two tanks. I also hoped you left the back exposed. Awesome!
My first thought was "old gentleman". Does that make me ...high class? When he contemplated a rear tank, I thought of the vulnerability to impact, a lesson NA manufacturers learned the hard way.
I dont have a tie... so old gentleman cant work for me...😂
I actually Googled the meaning of "Original Gangster". That would be a big compliment. Not what I thought...😅
👍👌👏 Very well done again (video, design and work). Congrats, it was a wise decision to not put a horizontal tank on the back of the Hudson. In case of an accident, it would've been very unsafe. The two tanks also look much better where they are sitting now. In fact it looks great.
2) Maaaan, I definitely like your scrap metal prices. In Germany one gas bottle would cost what you paid for everything.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
All the way From Perth Western Australia
Love your posts look forward to seeing them
The choice of music is great
Thanks Div
Cheers Dennis
Thanks mate!
Love the take you could put t
3 100mm pipes between the tanks on a little angle which would give you more fuel like a meter x 1mm x 3
I love that idea of the twin tanks, I used a 10gal. air tank once and had some kind of cutting torch brass filter for the vent, with the guard on your sight tube it would be helpful to have a bright colored plastic ball as a float, just make sure it doesn't fit thru the metal tube or its only good for one fill, lol, great work diff, it's looking fantastic
The ball is a great idea! Now to find one with the right diameter...
Spot on man...good call.
And theirs a bonus no baffles
Yes, very small free surface
Nog n fantastiese video.
This truck is coming along really good. You Duff are one heck of a engineer.
Thank you!
Daniel Hughes mentioned using clear materials for the tanks. I was picking up a load of produce one night in California, when a beautiful Blue Peterbilt had finished loading and pulled up to close his trailer doors. It was highly customized and lite up. I noticed his fuel tanks were glowing and I could see the fuel moving back and forth inside the tanks. lol. They were illuminated somehow. They were translucent plastic or poly and were lite from behind or top or inside. I didn’t get a chance to ask how he did that but were way cool looking. Never seen anything like that in 40 years of over the road trucking.
How cool! Must be some really special kind of plastic...
I searched it and found a custom big truck shop here in the USA called “Chrome Shop Mafia”. They did one similar with acrylic clear on the ends of a tank and it was lite up too. But it was not the one I saw in California. Also these were used with diesel fuel and not gasoline.
@EarlyIronAddict427 clear flat ends I can still imagine as being feasible. But a tubular section? That will take some doing...
Yes. I wish I had caught him and asked how he did that. I was just sitting there looking at it. lol. Jaw dropping. Hahaa. I could see the fuel slashing from one end to the other. Was cool looking 😎
I’ve seen white plastic containers that the land scrappers use to spray lawns and you can see the liquid in them moving around. I wonder if it was that type material ??hmm🧐
👍🏻Awesome patrol tanks!
Looks very nice. Very enjoyable watching. tHanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it!
The rear bumper area is amazing...a real eye catcher. @@ratrodsafrica Can the area of the frame above the axle...have a cargo rack?
Just make sure your nephews don’t drink all the beer 🐒🍺 .👍🏴
I will kill them all!! 😂
Tanks for the video. lol
Excellent volume explanation Diff. Great content as always
Pressure testing with air is dangerous. Learned this the hard way... 2 smaller vertical tanks is a great idea, especially considering sloshing of the fuel. Great work!
Why do you say it's dangerous?
@@ratrodsafricaIn my job we were testing as you do. When one vessel burst one day @ 5 bar it was epic, and the bottom flying off nearly hit one of my coleagues. Since then we test any tank filled with water - our pump gets to 2,5 bar and we may increase it with air. Water is incompressible and takes the same volume @ 0 as well as 10 or 15 bar. Any leak, no matter how small gets the pressure back to zero. With air a 25 liter tank gets filled with 75 more @ 3 bar. That's a lot of air pushing out. Just 2 bar for example is 2 kg for every square cm of the internal surface of the tank, and for your tank that's 12*12*3.14*56=25321sq cm *2=50 tons. Water does not decompress explosively...
@@user-hu2iw5qu3i thanks for the feedback!
@user-hu2iw5qu3i yes agreed, I was getting puckery watching that first test. 😮😅
I am very impressed, you are hell of craftsman
Thank you
Bracket makes a powerful swear word for polite company - King Charles’ summer garden party for instance. The ratty is looking grand and the rear-end filled with slightly alarming interest! You should add a clearly marked canister, (you could keep your sandwiches in it).
I will remember that next time I visit King Charles! 🤣
Very KOOL Job Looking very Nice Div
In 1972 we were told that the US would be fully converted to the metric system by 1975! They were off a few decades!!! As a tool and die maker, forced to use two systems of measurement I wish they had followed through back in ‘75!!! It definitely is a simpler, easier method!!
These tanks are great!! And the site “glass” level tube is a clever idea!!
I take it you tool & die makers use the metric system then?
Clear bed sides would be radical to show off your work.
Clear bed sides would be a nightmare to keep clean and scratch free! That's trailer queen stuff, we DRIVE our builds😀
I haven't watched this video, but just finished the previous two. As I watched I thought to myself, what Diff does in his shop in the Forrest, would make a great fantasy Children's book The Mystical Mr. Diff who lives deep in a forrest in South Africa. In this Forrest Mr Diff has a workshop full of magical tools and machines. He uses these to build custom trucks like no has ever seen. You get the idea, what you need is someone who writes that type of book. I'll bet if show them some of your videos,they will develop a terrific book. I'll take one for me, a couple for the great grandsons, what ever it takes for the the rest of the kids in the family. Just thoughts from a crazy old fart in East Texas, where it has been way over 100 for 40 days.......Ron York
Looking quite purposeful, would definitely add more drama with your two part mixing tanks. You should paint each a different color, label them T-stoff and C-stoff like the highly reactive fuels from the Me163 Komet. I am glad you are not putting a tailgate or floor over your beautiful Rube Goldberg creations. Look forward to seeing your progress each week, thanks for the break from my day to day.
Those look awesome nice job what an idea trucks looking trick😊
Another great episode Diff....
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hi diff loved your video your tig welding is spot on mate the bottles you used were made by A GAS which i used to work for in Bristol in the uk it is a small world very smart use of old tanks they look Brillant have a good one until next time
Tight Mash the Sides so U Can See the Nice insides
Great job at re-purposing the fuel tanks. What about an old trunk to put between the fuel tanks for storage. I have a thinking chair as well and sometimes i'm in it when watching you tube shows like yours. Cheers for now. Chus
A thinking chair is an important tool!😀
Another good video and ideas and explanations are great for the (why did he do that people). Those furry cousins look like they can get an attitude and can be a troublemaker with their curiosity when your gone.