Power Tank Clone

Having a way to air up tires and run air tools is a luxury that is hard to live without once you have had the privilege. There are several methods to have air readily at hand. One is to install some type of air compressor under the hood, be it connected to the engine via pulleys and belts or attached to the electrical system via wires. Another way is to find someone who has already installed some type of air system and borrow from them. The last option, and the one I went with, is to buy a compressed CO2 system and replace tanks when they get empty. The cheapest method to achieve this is to find someone who works as a soda or beer distributor and buy the stuff from them. If you go through Power Tank, you will get a nicely painted tank that performs exactly like the clone but cost at lease twice as much. After I bought the tank from a friend, I had a hard time figuring out where to put it. I have two small children, so taking out the rear seat wasn't an option, and their safety was priority number one. I didn't want the tank just rolling around on the floor to become a deadly projectile during a rollover. I was having major problems with the sub-woofer I had built into the storage box, and when I checked the size of the space allocated for the sub, I was overjoyed to discover that the tank would fit in there with some minor modifications to the box. The pictures bellow, tell the story, so enjoy.

Refills

Date

Cost

Where

14 Oct 02

$135.00

Original Purchase

20 Feb 03

$20.90

Bars by Budd

12 May 03

$19.34

Lee's Gas Supplies

17 Jul 03

$19.34

Lee's Gas Supplies

22 Jan 04

$19.34

Lee's Gas Supplies

16 Oct 04

$19.56

Lee's Gas Supplies

18 Mar 05

$14.52

American Fire Equipment

2 Feb 06

$14.52

American Fire Equipment

 

This is all the stuff that came with the "kit"

The tank bracket is secured to the box

It fits in there beautifully.

You can still see the remains of the speaker hole.

Perhaps, subconsciously, I knew it would go there.

I lock the clamping mechanism on the tank rack and when the seat is up, everything fits nice and secure.