My 70 Cuda is a [censored] to fuel. Cap is behind the plate, you have to hold the plate up with one hand to make sure it doesnt contact the tailpanel and damage the paint while manipulated the nozzle with all its vapor recovery Krap in a tight area.

And the fill nozzle is low on the car, I place a paper towel to prevent spill from running down the tailpanel paint. (In the event I am careless enough to let it burp fuel)

Ain't no way in hell anybody but me is going to fuel the car as long as I own it.

There are hi flow pumps but not sure if they are used at commercial service stations..

I worked at a gas station in High school when gas was 30 cents a gallon.. I can tell you that the price numbers turn a lot faster than they used to.. The pumps we had were mechanical readouts, not digital like todays......

A long time ago when I was a college kid in Oregon I had a '69 Falcon station wagon that hated to be filled up with gas. It would stop, then puke gas and dump gas down inside the inner fender and everything. That was a pain. I also had a '69 Dodge truck that difficult to fill up with gas. These days all of my newer rigs are Oregon pump friendly.

My '65 Coronet doesn't seem to have to much trouble at the gas pump. The filler is behind the license plate which tends to freak out the pump jockeys but it takes gas okay.

Some of the pump jockeys are Nazi about the no self serve but the further away from Portland you get the more normal people are. Portland is full of freaks and I have zero interest of venturing into Portland with a classic car.

NO, say it isn't so....... LOL

I have to agree with AndyF, I live in the Salem/Keizer area and wouldn't even think of venturing to Portland with a classic vehicle. People are screwy in Portland. Good thing our dragstrip isn't up there!

Curious--is the concern that some "environmentalist" might engage in vandalism???

That is a distinct possibility! lol People drive like their heads are stuck up their tush and with the amount of traffic, it only gets worse.

Something similar to that happened here several years ago when someone tried to hold a car show at the city's downtown park, where all the earth-muffins typically hang out to engage in their "culture."

No permanent damage as such, but everybody who left their car unattended for even a few minutes got it papered with anti fossil fuel literature and signage. Not one of the little cowards had the balls to confront any of us directly, and they would run like scared rabbits if any of us tried to engage them.

In response to someone's earlier question about fuel pump volume: My wife manages a commercial fleet fuel outlet. They have high volume pumps on both gas & diesel for filling big trucks there. But she says you don't find them at retail fuel stations...at least in Canada.

This is what I would do but you'll have to remove the fuel tank.

If you can get your hand and arm inside the tank from the sending unit drill a hole in the top of the tank. Use a -10AN bulkhead fitting and run some -10 hose or 1/2" aluminum fuel line up into the fender or higher if you can and bend it over to form a J. If you can't get into the tank to reach the top then have a bung welded to it.

You should be able to fill it as fast as the pump will go then.

I did this to the plastic tank on my 1st Gen CTD and now I can fill it all the way up to the top of the filler without a problem.

Today's gasoline pumps for cars have a slower restricted flow rate than they used to have. They can't pump faster than 10 gallons per minutes to minimize over fills and spillage. Federal law.

Hey, I resemble that remark! Is that your way of calling me out, Andy?
It's a fact that most people live in cities, particularly big cities. That then means that the city dwellers are more normal, statistically speaking, than those who live elsewhere.
I get no flack for driving my Dart Sport around Portland, just lots of compliments even though I consider it a pos compared to the rest of the fleet. You've just gotta keep in mind that modern vehicles are more nimble and steer and brake better than your old dinosaur.
Wandering back on-on topic, I think having the gas-pump jockeys usually speeds up the process and they never give me any trouble if I want to do something myself. Most are juggling 4 pumps, keeping track of how much is going into each and predicting when they'll be done so they can get the nozzle out and get the line moving. I often hang up the nozzle myself because I'm right there and always get thanked for it.



Oh, but it is! The address to "our" dragstrip is over there <<<---- somewhere
Portland International Raceway is a publicly owned dragstrip, road course, moto-x, multi-purpose facility where you can find drag racing under the lights 3 nights a week all summer long: http://www.supercarsunlimited.com/pirbrackets/schedule/2017_2.7schedule.pdf If you prefer standing in the hot sun all day by all means head to Sunburn Dragstrip. But if you prefer racing in the cool evening air blowing up the Columbia River..bring a jacket, no sunblock needed.
If that isn't enough, every Wednesday from June through September the price of admission also gets you into one of the biggest cruise-ins around and there's usually a live band (that sucks). Watch some bracket racing, wander through the hundreds of old cars and other 'special interest' vehicles, show off your car, whatever. I usually park my tow rig where I can watch the cruise in traffic as they come in and leave. It's like the tide: a long steady stream of old cars coming in, then a slack period (not always) and then a long parade of old iron on the way out. Yes, in Portland, where that HUGE automotive swap meet is every 6 months or so.