You gas gauge's secret
11-13-2007, 11:46 AM
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RE: You gas gauge's secret
I promise no cheating, are they on the same horizontal surface by the trunk lid in the corner? This is my guess, I built both a 55 and 57 model when I was a kid but I can't remember
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11-13-2007, 11:55 AM
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RE: You gas gauge's secret
I knew this, but my wife didn't. It was pretty funny, she had just gotten a new car and couldn't figure it out and then I told her to look at her dash. She felt dumb, but obviously no reason to be.
For GM, the 1956 model year is when the driver's side taillight was hinged to allow access to the fuel filler. Many 56 GM owners loved to play games with the young gas station attendants while enticing them to "find the hidden gas cap".
For GM, the 1956 model year is when the driver's side taillight was hinged to allow access to the fuel filler. Many 56 GM owners loved to play games with the young gas station attendants while enticing them to "find the hidden gas cap".
11-13-2007, 02:38 PM
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RE: You gas gauge's secret
In the tail light, and rule of thumb, North American cars built here gas flap on drivers side, european on the passenger side, anybody know why?
11-13-2007, 04:48 PM
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Yeah, that was a cool feature. Just fell out of fad, or do ya think it was either safety related or too costly to produce.
and rule of thumb, North American cars built here gas flap on drivers side, european on the passenger side, anybody know why?
As far as any reason why these cars are designed that way... your guess is as good as mine.
11-13-2007, 05:31 PM
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RE: You gas gauge's secret
Check which side the tailpipe is on. The oppsite side of the filler cap for safety at gas pumps?
So how does that reasoning fit with dual exhaust?
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11-14-2007, 07:18 AM
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RE: You gas gauge's secret
The original E Bodies had the fuel filler on the passenger side because one of the designers figured if you ran out of gas it was safer to fill on the side of the road than having it on the drivers side. No joke.
