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The tank on the left was a repro from
Arizona, notice it is equipped with a quad oil fitting. The original factory
racing tank on the right had the quad fitting cut up and only 3 of the
4 holes used. Also notice they're in a row. |
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The original racing tanks where a lot
of work for the factory. They took a normal tank shell and narrowed it.
This shot shows the right hand tank and how the normal locations for the
gas and oil necks where blanked off. The 1/2 mile bike used all oil in
the right tank for he most part. One clever tuner I know of put the oil
partition back in the right tank, he however did not put the second filler
neck back in and ran a hose from one tank to another thus having a "hidden"
gas reserve. Bet that one had people scratching their heads. |
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In this shot you can see where the indentation
for the speedometer was eliminated. At the bottom of the gas tank back
you can also see the reinforcement used on the1948 and up fuel tanks. The
same thing was done to the fuel tank side also. |
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Here we see the completed tanks on the
Big Base chassis, pretty narrow and neat looking huh? These tanks where
in a nasty accident. The right hand tank had big crease near the top rear
of it and the left hand tank had a dent in the front where the forks had
been pushed back into them. I would hate to have been riding the bike when
it happened
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Big base Scout racer with its tanks (but
still with normal engine cases),
and narrowed 741 forks. |
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Here is a view of the left hand Junior
Scout tank with the back off. This tank was modified by the factory. It
has Sport Scout mounting plates rather than a Junior Scout type which was
the same as the 741 mounting plates. |
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The right hand tank with the back off.
Unfortunately it had a mouse nest in it and will need some brass mesh soldered
in to fix it. |
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A comparision of the mounting plates.
You can see where the tin was drilled for Junior plates and then drilled
for Sport plates. |
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Even the rear mounting plate was different.
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This shot shows the large diameter of
the fitting for the fuel shut off valve. |
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A photo of the patch panel where the fitting
for the ignition coil used to be. |
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A photo of the right hand tank showing
how it has been converted for oil only. This whole area is a lot different
from a regular Junior tank.
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And just one more shot of the Big Base
racer, as it's so darn neat! Moen. |
