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I can't recall the last time I saw a Meteor on the road. Sometimes those gas 
caps behind the plates were very difficult and ppl used to cut their hands 
on the metal edges.

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"sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message 
> news:fet2as$ssk$6@Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca...
>> sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote:
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>> : "Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
>> : > ***   However nozzles will contain some residual fuel and
>> : > that may leak onto the finish.
>> : >
>> : >   Also, if the pump is not an overhead type, the hose will get 
>> dragged
>> : > across the car's trunk unless it is long enough to pass behind the
>> : > vehicle.
>> : >
>> : > Richard
>>
>> : One pulls the hose out of
>> the pump, lifting it at the same : time. WHen it is fully extended, over
>> the vehicle, one lowers it as one inserts the nozzle into the : filler
>> tube. There is NO DRAGGING the hose over anything. I have never in almost
>> 50 years of driving and : filling up EVER got ANY marks from hose.
>>
>> ***   Perhaps your trunk is narrow or flat enough.
>>
>>   Although, minor, there is the fact that the hose lies on the trunk
>> during filling and could transfer dirt to the finish.
>>
>>   Regardless, I am not discounting your method. However, for some your
>> method may not work. It won't for me because I drive a full-size van. I
>> *must* approach the pump so it is always on the filler tube side. Then
>> there are those with filler tube locations closer to the middle of the
>> vehicle. The hose would have to come over the roof.  )-:
>>
>> Richard
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> Richard, of course, with a full-sized van, as you know, there IS now trunk 
> to pull the hose over. Obviously, you don't have much of a choice. I had 
> 64 Meteor, once, that had the gas filler cap behind the license plate 
> which was spring loaded and tiltable to allow access.
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