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Originally Posted by 67 Nova Boy
When they replace the gas tank and put the filler neck on some times it not in the right
position and when the gas cap is put on it will show that it appears to be lose but really is
the filler neck is installed a tad off. Not easy to do in anyway but it shows on a painted cap.
Dave
67 Nova Boy
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Same thing on the Camaros.
Dad made the fuel tanks at Chevrolet Flint Manufacturing. He would often get complaints from the assembly plant that the cap was not straight after installation during the build, but in his defense, it is really difficulty to manage the production variation combined across the body, filler neck and cap in order to get it dead nuts all day long every day.
When Danny Scott built the "Cars Incorporated" pro street Camaros they used the gas cap as the master electrical cut off switch (rotated out of position was "Off"; rotated straight was "On"). Dad's comment when he saw that was "...geez. All that effort to get those things straight...."
These days we would try to desensitize the design in some way, perhaps by making the handle curved (or no handle), rather than giving the viewer a really nice straight edge to sight along.
K