Vintage Dragster Build - Fuel Tank / Velocity Stacks

[@georgeezzell4474]

The tank and the stacks are awesome.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@georgeezzell4474 thank you thank you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@ianwebb4286]

Love those stakes

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@ianwebb4286 appreciate it 👍🏼

[@kenpecora7526]

Clever method on the stacks.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@kenpecora7526 thanks 🙏🏼

[@VickieCaudill-cw1jf]

​@@ThisOldHotrod😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@garygoetz8624]

Very nice clean way of mounting the fuel tank - definitely a 50’s way - 🥂

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@garygoetz8624 thank you 🙏🏼

[@marshallcrank]

Those stacks are sweet bro .Bruce here

[@ThisOldHotrod]

Thanks Bruce. I appreciate it.

[@EdwardSterritt-k9k]

looking good

[@ThisOldHotrod]

Thank You

[@johnnyrocket7922]

Love the stacks

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@johnnyrocket7922 thanks

[@davidhyson9910]

Nice stacks Mike! No computer program needed.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@davidhyson9910 ha. Nope. Just some ingenuity

[@douglasbarnhart3324]

Awesome!! the tank And stacks look great Mike thanks for your time and video.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

Thank you so much.

[@henryverrydt4943]

Nice stuff Mike. Always enjoy the steps and the final outcome

[@ThisOldHotrod]

Thank you. It’s nice some people appreciate the way I edit the videos.

[@brianvandemortel6710]

I’m in to motorcycles but your making me want to try my hand in a hot rod

[@ThisOldHotrod]

Make it happen !!

[@timferriss905]

I like motor cycles and hot rods. I think they go hand in hand.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@timferriss905 they certainly do

[@g.o.b.2558]

Do it 👍

[@r1lark]

Very innovative way to make the velocity stacks! They look really good.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@r1lark thank you. I appreciate that. Now everyone knows how to make them. I hope to see them all over ! Hah

[@timothynewkirk2654]

Tank looks awesome! I just wonder how it will hold up if the frame flexes when the wheels lift off the ground ! Stacks turned out killer ! Love your old press ! ...Newk from Kentucky

[@ThisOldHotrod]

If it breaks I reengineer it. It’s not real rigid so having some flex may help it. I’m not sure. Time will tell. Wheelies 🤔.

[@glennnickerson8438]

Nice work Mike! You could have taken the easy way out and just bought something but fabricating a solution gives it that nostalgic look. Enjoying the build!

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@glennnickerson8438 thank you Glenn. I enjoy attempting to fabricate things. I’d rather not buy things from a catalog if I can help it. I appreciate the kind words

[@glennnickerson8438]

@ThisOldHotrod I agree, takes time though but worth it!

[@billmiller7138]

Coming along really good Mike! Stacks turned out great! And everything on my dragster was drilled with a hand drill so… carry on!

[@ThisOldHotrod]

Yeah I know. I’m spoiled. 😁👍🏼

[@hotrodmyk]

Looking great, really digging the velocity stacks.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@hotrodmyk thanks !!

[@lloydgreen4091]

Great Job on Two Highly Visual Items. Most times It's Well Worth It to take Thee Extra time in thought process to Create Thee Effect Visually. Well Done Sir.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@lloydgreen4091 thank you

[@floridian7143]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@floridian7143 thanks for following along.

[@Ecosse57]

that gas tank mount came out nice! just fancy enough to show you take pride in your work but not needlessly over-engineered. nice home made flaring tool... for those really big brake jobs!

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@Ecosse57 🤣. Haha. That’s what it does look like. I hadn’t thought of that. Too funny. Thanks for the kind words on the tank mount. 😎👍🏼

[@papasmodelcarroom8450]

HELL YA on everything. This thing is looking sooooo COOL 😎

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@papasmodelcarroom8450 thanks Papa ! I appreciate it ! 😎👍🏼

[@brianvandemortel6710]

Love that press you make shit look easy man great look

[@ThisOldHotrod]

It’s the editing lol 😂

[@brianvandemortel6710]

Mount looks killer man good choice another step closer

[@ThisOldHotrod]

I appreciate that. Thank you

[@kevinellam6710]

$WEEET BROTH"R !!! ... .. . 🤩🐎🤠. 🦈

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@kevinellam6710 thanks 😎👍🏼

[@edwinreece438]

Good job. I especially like the stacks.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@edwinreece438 thank you very much.

[@galenwalker165]

Looking awesome like the stacks

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@galenwalker165 thanks !! I appreciate that ! 😎👍🏼

[@waynespyker5731]

Domed screen wire shields and red rubber balls on a string?

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@waynespyker5731 I haven’t got that far. I’ll need to figure something out. 👍🏼. Definitely thinking along those lines

[@thegallahers1887]

those stacks are cool 😃

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@@thegallahers1887 thank you 👍🏼👍🏼

[@christopherjohnson4733]

I have the same hat .I turn it inside out for hunting season lol

[@ThisOldHotrod]

Haha.

[@christopherjohnson4733]

👍👍👍

[@g.o.b.2558]

👍👌👍

[@timferriss905]

Hey Mike. What if you had tapped the four posts bungs and used some threaded rod, would have saved a lot of tricky welding? Good catch in your glove, that was spinning away. And those stacks are the bees knees. Cheers take care. Tim.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

I had originally planned to just put a piece of quarter inch stainless plate and tap that but then I decided to use the nut on the washer that really didn’t work. It’s just all trial and error like anything else the way I did it worked out fine. Don’t mind the tricky welding. It helps me learn.

[@timferriss905]

I get that. Cheers.

[@RickGuriel]

Really enjoyed your velocity stack building and your gas tank stand, they do look really good. May I add a couple of comments? I really like your 57-8 Olds engine, I'm an Olds fan, and only seen one other hopped up 58 Olds engine. Are you going to cut the top of the Model A body off and make it smooth or leave it the way it is? Also, I noticed that you call your Olds a motor. It is an engine, motors are electric, such as heater motors, wiper motors etc. Also, you say "I'm going to weld it up", when I think you mean "I am going to weld it", just to let you know that the common way of saying it, isn't correct. Take it or leave it, just thought I'd bring it to your attention. I'm watching your build as it is very interesting and I really like it. Go Olds engines.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@RickGuriel hi Rick. I believe you’ve corrected me several times in the past. I speak how I speak. My apologies if I don’t always use the correct words or terminology. Yes I’m going to cut the body down. I’ve mentioned that several times in the previous videos.

[@billmiller7138]

A motor supplies motive power, it doesn’t matter what it runs on. I’ve been involved in racing since the 60s and we have always called them motors. And I’ve heard the same dumb argument just as long.

[@timferriss905]

Over here we call a car a motor and an engine a motor to.

[@ThisOldHotrod]

@timferriss905 shame on you 🤣

[@yobop6072]

...can you add rubber to that setup?...got some wheelie bars? gonna be nice...I gonna make some screens?

[@ThisOldHotrod]

That’s a really good idea. I can certainly Add a rubber spacer or washer to the posts. Ahh idk if I’m gonna need them. If I drive like an idiot I might … 🤪