73 mach 1 flip open gas cap question

greetings,

after a few deductions at mca shows, i was told that the flip open gas cap was not original to the 73 mustang. yet at few shows here and there i talked to an original owner who said his mustang came with it when he bought it.

does any one know if the 73 came with it? thanks

Could have been dealer installed. Only 1971 Mach 1's came from the factory with them.

It was only original in 1971. There were safety issues that led to it being discontinued i.e., it would pop open when the car was rearended. A dealer most certainly could have retrofitted one prior to the initial sale and if you could get a window sticker from the original dealer, perhaps the judging would accept it as being proper.


I guess I got beat to the punch by being too wordy.

greetings,

after a few deductions at mca shows, i was told that the flip open gas cap was not original to the 73 mustang. yet at few shows here and there i talked to an original owner who said his mustang came with it when he bought it.

does any one know if the 73 came with it? thanks

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If he had a 71 it did:s

I often think of putting one on my 73 convert. They used to be expensive.

greetings,

after a few deductions at mca shows, i was told that the flip open gas cap was not original to the 73 mustang. yet at few shows here and there i talked to an original owner who said his mustang came with it when he bought it.

does any one know if the 73 came with it? thanks

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I'd get a reproduction gas cap and change it out before the judged show. It's only a couple of bolts. I love the look of the flip down units as well! And I can't leave it sitting on top of the gas pump either.

greetings,

after a few deductions at mca shows, i was told that the flip open gas cap was not original to the 73 mustang. yet at few shows here and there i talked to an original owner who said his mustang came with it when he bought it.

does any one know if the 73 came with it? thanks

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I'd get a reproduction gas cap and change it out before the judged show. It's only a couple of bolts. I love the look of the flip down units as well! And I can't leave it sitting on top of the gas pump either.

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Just A SIDE NOTE TO THAT, actually you can because the reproduction flip downs have a cap behind the flip down.

I read some time ago in some mustang literature that there was a recall on the 71 mach1 to change over the gas caps to the revised versions.

I'd like to know how many (%) actually took up this option?

Ditto to the comments above.

71 only as a factory option and discontinued due to safety concerns. If you do like the look get the one that has the screw on cap underneath. It will still give you the look you like with one less concern that your car will burn to the ground if it is ever struck from behind.

I have an original ford flip down on my 72 and I will be replacing it with the correct 72 turn on piece.

thanks for the answers. i have an original nos flip down that i bought years ago (and i thought 50$ NIB was expensive back in 88) to put on, just liked the look of it.

i changed out to a twist on pony cap for mca judging, but in my opinion i think the flip down looks cooler on the car..lol

That is interesting to know--never knew that. My '72 has one, apparently a prior owner converted it somewhere along the way.

I like the look of the flip cap....and will be putting one on my 73 at some point

Mine has a NOS or older reproduction on it.. It was on the car when Dad bought it in 1992. It's the plunger style. I will probably replace it with the hidden cap version... It leaks fuel if you romp on it with a full tank.

some of the new ones come with bot the cap and plunger. The cap fot driving then swap it out for the plunger for shows.