Just when I thought I saw everything...

[copyman]

Ha-ha. How about a 55 gal drum as a side car. Very ingenious and nice work. Saw it on FB.

 

[pomfish]

Here in PA they use the plastic drums cut out like that to make a train (5-6 cars) for kids pulled by a lawnmower.
We were at a Christmas Light display at a nearby town park and they were going pretty dang fast and doing donuts near the end of the ride, the kids howled and loved it!

Also like when people use a Wheelbarrow bucket to make a Hot Rod style go cart. Or old school dragster.

 

[Minimichael]

Looks like the drum in the pic is mounted to a proper wheelbase assembly thing. Reticulating? One that might lean or pivot along with the bike, anyway. Not cheap.

 

[superflea]

I wonder how many clowns would fit into that.

 

[Minimichael]

Maybe a canine partner in crime. I could be wrong, looks a little too small for 55 gals.

 

[bruces]

It’s not a 55 it’s a 16 gallon drum .

 

[copyman]

Ha-ha after looking at it again compared to the bike you can see it's much smaller than 55 gal drum. 55 gal drum might be bigger than bike!

 

[Mark Brooks]

Cool none the less!
Buddie of mine built a train out of 55gallon drums for the Ag Society Parade of lights in December. They string lights all over them, pile kids in them and pull in the Parade. It's way cool and kids love it!

 

[Augiedoggie]

Some gear heads may remember the
"Tanker" cars built for Bonneville and other speed trials. Innovative hot rodders would repurpose salvage aircraft fuel tanks and fit them on car frames to take advantage of the aerodynamic advantage of the tanks teardrop shape. Hot rod ingenuity. It was fairly common practice for speed freaks until early 1960s

 

[sparkwizard]

I can still find wing and belly tanks for sale around here.
Eastern North Carolina is home to a bunch of military flying machines.

 

[FOMOGO]

If memory serves me still the only proper tank was a 315 gallon P-38 Lightning drop tank. There were tanks of all sizes and shapes but the Lightning tank was the most desireable. The most notable car to use the P-38 tank was the So-Cal Belly tank.

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