Re: Fueling 55-56 Packards

Posted by Kevin AZ On 2012/4/16 16:19:11

I was feeling a bit lowly today so I decided to take the Packard out for a spin to cheer myself up. Decided to head northwest across Tucson and I knew I'd need a bit of fuel, so I stopped into Costco for some of their $3.65 per gallon unleaded. I begin to pump and I'm trying to listen for the 'noise'. Remember, that special noise emanates from the throat of the filler pipe as fuel rushes into the tank. Well.....I'll be fit to be tied! Can't hear a darn thing given everyone else in Tucson decided to come to CostCo at this particular moment to fuel their modern drivers. So I'm thinking......wish I'd installed that whistle into the Packard.........ahhh yes.....I need to do that BUT concentrate blondie! I'm holding the pump firmly in place and decide that 12 gallons is enough for my adventure. BUT.......but, why will not the pump come out / off the filler tube? Well just tug on it! Tug harder! Still no luck........so I decide to call the attendant on the provided telephone. I had to repeat the story twice because he didn't get it the first time I told him. He comes over to the car and scratches his head and announces, " this has never happened to me before." Well partner, it's my first rodeo too! Long and short of it is that he had to partially disassemble the pump and my Packard didn't get sloshed with any fuel today. It seems that the entire bellows slid down over the OD of the actual filler pipe. WEIRD!

I then made a command decision ( and a fine one it certainly twas) that I didn't need any more strange or goofy stuff happening to me today. So I drove up the street to a local watering hole and had a couple of draft Sam Adams brews in a cool pint glass.

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