Cat cars had the restricted filler neck which won't accept an unleaded
nozzle. It's possible that initially they could only get a 'non-standard'
filler neck and cap to meet the requirement date, but from 76 they were able
to get a neck engineered to accept the earlier non-vented cap. Or maybe
not. You can't even go by the nominal year of your car, it would have to be
the chassis number - the Parts Catalogue states the odd-ball cap and neck
were used on unleaded cars up to 386601. That's if your car has the
original filler neck ...
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
> Well the only problem with that theory, is that the same cap is used for
> the
> 70-74 and the 76-80.
>
> On Mar 13, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Max Heim wrote:
>
>> Yeah, but it's probably nothing good...
>>
>> 75-76 was the nadir in terms of BMC adapting to the regulatory
>> environment.
>> After that they sort of started catching up and even <gasp> improving
> things
>> again.
>>
>> on 3/13/11 5:06 PM, Aaron Whiteman at awhitema at panix.com wrote:
>>
>>> OK, enquiring minds (well, mine) want to know.
>>>
>>> Moss sells a few basic gas caps:
>>> 202-750, covering 1962-69
>>> 202-755, covering 1970-74 and 1976-1980
>>> 202-765, covering "1975 cars with single carb and no cat"
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