gas cap...

[SFM5S159]

Is there more than one variation of gas caps on small block street cars?  I've seen a smooth round type of pop open cap as well as the more common more oval cap with a raised machined line across the cap.

If the more oval type is correct, I am in need of one.  Acton told me their supplier isn't making them at the moment so I have not been able to locate one.   

If anyone has a cap, I am in need.   Thanks.

Mike C

[Dan Case]

Cobra street cars, no. There was one design of cap assembly and it required a steel hose adapter. (There was a design change during 427 Cobra production.)

The AC Owners Club commissioned a reissue of the original design cap assembly some years ago. One of their club members that deals in parts might have one. (The 21st Century made assemblies are not 100% like the originals in the 1960s but the differences do not show when installed and the lid is closed. Buyers must have or make the hose adapte as far as I recall, but that was some years ago now.

I have installed a re-issued cap in an original Cobra before. That was during 2015 and Nick Acton made some hose adapters for me from my reverse engineering drawings.

[SFM5S159]

Thanks Dan!

[Dan Case]

Thanks Dan!

You are welcome. Good luck. Originals are out there. Where did them come from? Mostly from original cars that got converted to vintage racers. I have seen a few pass through eBay® before.