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Automobile Enthusiasts

Old Crank

(6,618 posts)

15. I remember those.

Reply to LudwigPastorius (Reply #12)

Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:19 PM

7 hrs ago

And seeing cars drive away from the pump pouring gas out because they overfilled the tank. A great feature when you had to park your car over a puddle of gas to get to the pump.

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Which side is your gas tank filler on? Don't look back. [View all] usonian 9 hrs ago OP

Rita Rudner says she has a car with a rotating gas tank. House of Roberts 9 hrs ago #1

Unless you own many cars, PoindexterOglethorpe 9 hrs ago #2

My Subaru is on the passenger side UpInArms 9 hrs ago #6

I also have a Subaru and it's the first car I've ever owned with the gas tank on the passenger side dflprincess 7 hrs ago #13

Yup, Vw has the tank on the passenger side mwmisses4289 7 hrs ago #20

Rental cars PJMcK 6 hrs ago #23

So convenient when you're in a rental. Phoenix61 9 hrs ago #3

That seems very odd. I don;t know that I'd have thought to look there. 3catwoman3 9 hrs ago #7

I don't remember. It was a cheap rental around 1989.nt Phoenix61 9 hrs ago #8

That's one of those common-sense fixes-- viva la 9 hrs ago #4

What a great trivia question. 3catwoman3 9 hrs ago #5

I get my gas at BJs Delarage 6 hrs ago #24

I got a loaner Subaru, and was looking for the gas cap release lever. There was none. usonian 8 hrs ago #9

Gas tank cover release Old Crank 7 hrs ago #14

Mine is on the sdfernando 8 hrs ago #10

Mine is on the driver's side. CentralMass 7 hrs ago #11

My '72 Chevy Nova didn't have that problem. LudwigPastorius 7 hrs ago #12

I remember those. Old Crank 7 hrs ago #15

My dad had a '57 Bel Air dflprincess 7 hrs ago #16

Woah. LudwigPastorius 7 hrs ago #19

Borrowed a friends car to do an errand. Old Crank 7 hrs ago #17

I never noticed Moylan's Arrow before this article. I'm looking forward to finding it in our two vehicles. summer_in_TX 7 hrs ago #18

Mine used to be in my driver's side rear fin on my '57 Chevy then moniss 7 hrs ago #21

We learned this trick a few years ago when we had a rental. LisaM 6 hrs ago #22