keg for a fuel tank

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » April 20, 2009, 8:44 pm

i have now collected 2 vintage aluminum beer kegs. im going to mount one in the bed of the '64 and pull the stock tank out of the cab. the keg will get a type of cradle and straps and be mounted behind the back window area. my question is this: both tanks are in great shape and are aluminum. one is a pbr and samped with the date from 1954. the other one is a coors and has the date from 1965. im building a blue collar guy type of work truck that i guy could have built in the 60s. no airbags, fuel injection or anything modern. im just curious which tank fits the style of the truck better. i guess a guy could have found or used, then saved the 1954 keg for 10 years and then decided to use it in the truck. or he could have found or used the 1965 tank a year after buying the truck and decided right away to swap the cab tank out and mount the keg in the bed. whats your oppinion? thanks

Max · Post by **Max** » April 20, 2009, 10:24 pm

Pics! That would help everyone's opinion I think. Besides, I'd like to see what these look like myself.

Truckrat · Post by **Truckrat** » April 20, 2009, 10:38 pm

I've got a 15 1/2 gallon Budweiser keg I bought at a swapmeet a few years back and had been looking for a mate for it to use as saddle tanks under a flatbed. With two of them it would give me 31 gallons of beer.....er uh...Gas. Haven't found a mate for it as yet, but would like to see how yours looks. TR

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » April 20, 2009, 11:10 pm

didnt hotrodding generally take place a few years or decades after it was built? Most hotrods Ive heard of were already "old cars" when they were done. (like a 70's Keg?)

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » April 20, 2009, 11:36 pm

hotrodding was taking place in the 30s 40s 50s 60s and still to this day. if you build a period perfect car: as in my 32 ford 5 window im building, it has a '53 merc flathead. so im not using any parts or technology that wasnt in place past '53.

the question about the keg was to use a early keg from the 50s or one from a year after my truck was built. both look cool. the proublem im having is...would a guy in '64 have a keg from '54 that maybe he had laying around or found at a junk yard? or did a guy in '64 find a keg in '65 and decide to put it in the bed? im sure finding a one year old one behind a bar or at a liquor store in '65 was easier then finding a 9 year old one in a junk yard.

kegs were used in offroad trucks in the 60s. i have seen them in some vintage pictures of crude baja cars and in a mickey thompson truck

truckrat: you can find kegs on craigslist. these look completely different then modern ones. modern ones are steel not aluminum

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » April 21, 2009, 12:09 am

yeah, that's not quite what I meant. There's always been rodders, My question was whether they would be putting a keg in a 1 year old truck, or if it would have been a few years past the build date. (10 year old truck)

so I would think even the 65 keg would be a bit old, but does it matter?

Personally, I think it doesnt make much difference, but since you popped the question....

I'm out.

Good luck deciding.

jakdad · Post by **jakdad** » April 21, 2009, 7:02 am

Doesn't matter.......................................

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » April 21, 2009, 8:02 am

i would go for the one that looks/works best...
no one is going to know what year they are...

"Whitey Ford" · Post by **"Whitey Ford"** » April 21, 2009, 8:20 am

Not to say its not cool but make sure its safe as well. I know a guy with (or had) a very nice slick and about 2 months after finally completing it someone hit hima dn ruptured the keg and it burnt the whole truck. I think they look cool as hell just make sure you make it a little safe as well. With that ebing said which ever one looks the oldest use that one. Makes it look more nastalgic...good luck

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » April 21, 2009, 9:32 am

IMHO, the PBR is more "blue collar" than the Coors. Don't think the Keg year matters. Just my 2 cents.

64 f100 · Post by **64 f100** » April 22, 2009, 9:20 am

I have two aluminum kegs I would sell, uncertain of the size, but have had these for years. Thought about mounting these in a rack in the bed but hate to take up cargo space. 50$ for the pair of Kegs plus shipping.

Rich

Post by **Greg D** » April 22, 2009, 9:31 am

I would say that either one would be fine - could have happened either way. May have been a little more likely for the later "Cool I know what to do with this" - {circa 1965}.

65 CREW · Post by **65 CREW** » April 22, 2009, 2:09 pm

Truckrat wrote:I've got a 15 1/2 gallon Budweiser keg I bought at a swapmeet a few years back and had been looking for a mate for it to use as saddle tanks under a flatbed. With two of them it would give me 31 gallons of beer.....er uh...Gas. Haven't found a mate for it as yet, but would like to see how yours looks. TR

I have been thinking of doing this. I picked up two kegs at an estate sale a couple years ago. I am torn because I also want to put a tool box under the bed as well. Oh well, I will see how it goes.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » April 22, 2009, 10:26 pm

65crew, You could use one keg for fuel and the other as a tool box,

azrat, I`d use the oldest looking keg, make sure its sucked dry First!

64 f100 · Post by **64 f100** » April 22, 2009, 10:50 pm

I allways thought it would be nice to have both kegs mounted in a rack just behind the cab, settin about halfway out of the bed, so these could be seen. The toolbox idea sounds good also. I have to let the monster out so often, I could easily get by on 15 gallons of gas or less nowdays. Can'
t make it from fillup to fillup anymore.

Rich

BarnieTrk · Post by **BarnieTrk** » April 23, 2009, 7:53 am

.....Just a couple of other ideas, Gents!

-- I've also seen aluminum kegs made into small BBQ pits that look cool too!

-- I used to have an aluminum keg which I converted into a portable air tank. Worked great!
I do recall I had to have a special bushing made by a tool maker friend which would fit the odd tap thread...which is an issue if you expect it to hold any liquid or pressurized air.
I used it a long time until some ARZZ stole it!

BarnieTrk

BikerDude · Post by **BikerDude** » April 28, 2009, 11:23 am

COORS!! It is the last American owned major beer manufacturer.

crey · Post by **crey** » May 1, 2009, 8:39 am

PBR is more in line with the 'traditional' hot rodders.
So, if you're trying to impress one certain group, that'd be it.

Coors is, well.. Coors.
I always assosciate Coors with farmers. Where I grew up, if you didnt drink Coors, you might as well not even been born.

Either way, either one will be equally cool in my book.
Hell, put both of 'em in.

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » May 1, 2009, 8:44 am

crey wrote:

Coors is, well.. Coors.
I always assosciate Coors with farmers. Where I grew up, if you didnt drink Coors, you might as well not even been born.

.

this guy knows what he is talking about...

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » May 1, 2009, 7:35 pm

In one of the many Bars I went to over there, I asked why they didn`t have Coors on tap?, the barman said that Coors draught came cold from the brewery in their kegs!, so if you were out of the area you couldn't`t get it!, is that right or was he having a lend of me?, I liked Coors lite!