[DougVieyra]

I am familiar with the story that Art relates. However, after watching the national news diligently for over thirty years now, I have yet to hear of any Model A exploding due to the use of a PVC adapter used for filling the gas tank.

My gas station's metal hose nozzle has a rubber "bumper" which rests against the tank filler hole - to me this also 'brakes the ground' - not much different than the PVC.

Please forward to me any news story that reports an actual incident of a Model A exploding while filling with gas - with or without a PVC.

Sometimes we worry too much about comets falling out of the sky. Yes, they do happen. But the odds are greatly in our favor that the comet will miss us. Like a Billion to one.