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Ian NZ · 11-20-2016, 04:18 PM

Thanks very much Gary for the pictures of the 1935 locking gas cap, they are very in interesting. To me they are not a fully sealed cap as they rely on a metal to metal face seal on the sliding part, so they would still leak a certain amount if you filled the tank up specially if they are a bit worn. it would be very hard to make a fully sealed locking cap anyway. I would say the only sealed cap to have on the 1932 - 1935 V8 models is to have an plain one.
The sliding part would be easy to make with the right material, you would have to very careful of the thickness of the special material you made it of because that is where it seals and it has to slide back and forwards. I would go to some firm that sells Industrial plastics and explain your problem to them, and you then can make one by fileing it up. They were probably made of steel originally which is not a good seal. You would have to remove the key tumbler and the locksmith can soon make a key for it.
Thanks once again.

11-20-2016, 04:18 PM	#19
Ian NZ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Taranaki, New Zealand Posts: 922	Re: 1935 Ford V8 Locking Gas caps Thanks very much Gary for the pictures of the 1935 locking gas cap, they are very in interesting. To me they are not a fully sealed cap as they rely on a metal to metal face seal on the sliding part, so they would still leak a certain amount if you filled the tank up specially if they are a bit worn. it would be very hard to make a fully sealed locking cap anyway. I would say the only sealed cap to have on the 1932 - 1935 V8 models is to have an plain one. The sliding part would be easy to make with the right material, you would have to very careful of the thickness of the special material you made it of because that is where it seals and it has to slide back and forwards. I would go to some firm that sells Industrial plastics and explain your problem to them, and you then can make one by fileing it up. They were probably made of steel originally which is not a good seal. You would have to remove the key tumbler and the locksmith can soon make a key for it. Thanks once again.