Just a thought. If you modify/adapt your actual gas filler neck you should probably include a ground wire linking all involved metal parts to the metal of the gas tank to guard against static electric sparks. ❗

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I don’t know how handy you are, but you may be able to make a “hybrid” from your existing cap and one from mgmagic. Use their chrome caps with your screw in end…Here is the link for their gas caps:http://www.mgmagicclassicmotorparts.com/search.php?search_query=gas+capThey’re pretty inexpensive so if you get one and it doesn’t work out your not…[Read more]

By the way, the 1981 is for sale since I need to spend time on MGTD’s!

Ok – reservations for Fri and Sat nights – with wife.

Wow Ric,

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Wish I had the option of natural gas, both for the house and garage. A big disadvantage of my more rural setting – that, and lack of cable TV/internet.

You might want to check out hot air gas furnaces like used in older mobile homes. They are compact small units that easily hook up and supply quick heat. You likely could get a used one cheaply at a mobile home supplier.

Well, I know you all like pictures, so I’ll try to include in this post.

I’ll probably do a little propane burning and a little electric heating out there before the winter is through. But I’ll need close to 50,000 btu to get that place warm enough to work when it’s 20 degrees outside–10 of these. It is 1000-1100 square feet with 9-foot ceilings, and only about 20 percent of it is attached to the house. Well…[Read more]

I’d adapt a flip-top cap like this. Or this. More work and money, but in the end you’ll be happy.

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The BCW I have came with VW Bug wipers and they worked–very slowly. I believe BCW cars all used the VW wiper motor.

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What’s he asking for the Volvo car? It sounds really nice. The MGA rear gives it longer legs for highway cruising. It’s a good match for the Volvo engine and the bolt circle is right for wire wheel adapters. The disc brakes are a very good addition as well. Makes it stop, and parts are easy enough. 

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This is like the ugly type I have now.  

The really nice ones I see online are all for Harley’s or other bikes, which I’m pretty sure are smaller in diameter than a generic automobile fuel filler. 

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99.9% of these are motorcycle gas caps!  Smaller neck, different thread pattern.  I’m looking for a modern plastic underside but with a chrome top.   

Huh? I just googled “chrome screw in gas cap” and a whole bunch of em showed up?

I carry the Eden Pure style heater from my basement room to the garage when I work there in the winter. Heats that space wonderfully.

Thanks Folks!  Much appreciated.

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Ed this may sound crazy, but when I work in the garage on a cold day, I put a fan in the garage window, open up the addict access stairs, and suck all of the warm addict air into the garage. If you currently use a propane fired heater, remember to have a fresh air inlet, and monitor carbon monoxide levels. (I am just looking out for your greater…[Read more]

One big thing to consider if you purchase the orginal TD, is that you might have to purchase some of the orginal style ” wrenches, and sockets”. Many people do not realize, but orginal British tools are not a true metric size. The English mechanics had their own sizes. Just my two cents, if it were me………. I would stay with your Fiberglass…[Read more]