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Penman



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:50 pm    Post subject: Where is it? Reply with quote
hi
While at the Barlow event i was chatting to the owner of the Zodiac and the subject of hidden fuel fillers came up.
So..............................

Please don't answer if you are a current or former Humber owner, lets see if others can figure it out.

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-tatton0605/humber_hawk_40.htm
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-weston/humber_super_snipe_estate_24.htm
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

I think I know the answer, so have PM'd you...

Cheers

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Where's the petrol filler on a HQ Holden then?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Behind the number plate......everyone knows that...... Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi
Kaybee wrote:
Behind the number plate......everyone knows that...... Laughing


Who pinched the idea from whom then?
Because that is where the Zodiac's filler was.
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peter scott



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Surely not a question of who pinched the idea. The Humbers have a totally different strategy for hiding the filler.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
When I got my Imperial, I am pleased the previous owner showed me or I would never have found it. The strange looks I used to get in garages when I pulled in and opened the filler cap!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quote:
The Humbers have a totally different strategy for hiding the filler.


Upon reflection. . .
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Penman wrote:


Who pinched the idea from whom then?
Because that is where the Zodiac's filler was.



Who knows ?.....Ford Customline's had the behind the n/plate thing in '52....had a friend drop of a '53 Cadillac Convert once, think it was running on fumes or memory.....when I went to move it ,it was out of fuel...looked everywhere.....couldn't find the filler, couldn't see anything helpful from underneath to give a clue....had to ring the guy the next day to ask the question, turns out the l/hand taillight flips up to reveal the elusive filler..... Rolling Eyes Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fintail Mercs were behind the numberplate
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Greeney in France



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can I say as technically I never owned one but my dad did??? Laughing Laughing Laughing
As an add on where was the fuel filler in the early vauxhall chevette or opel kadette?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you need a fuel filler on a Chevette? weren't they fueled for life, a bit like a disposable lighter??? Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm sorry Paul I just don't buy into the suggestion that the Chevette was fueled for life. If that had been the case then they would have mounted the the plastic windows on the rear vertically so you could monitor the fuel level for the full duration.



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I mean this one

Or this one


Its behind the C post air vent Cool
The Humber's is behind the reflector
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Greeney
Well you seem to be the first one to come up with a public answer after all the hints.

BUT

Buzzy got it right first, in his pm to me early on.
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