After I finished my first Cobra, I took it on the maiden voyage to the gas station and had quite a crowd around me after I pulled in. I got all the typical questions, "is it real" etc. I told everyone it must be real they can see it can't they. This was around 1990 so you didn't see many on the road. So I flip open the gas filler stand there looking like the big "cock-o-the-walk", I thought I was in heaven. I put the nozzle in and let her rip. After about a minute I hear a little girggle coming from the tank and then woosh, Gas shoots up about 2 feet and of course I have my head real close to the filler so I can hear the noise. I was soaked with gas, got it in my eyes and screamed like a little girl for someone to bring me some water, a hose, pee in my face, anything to get the gas out. I didn't try to put any more in and slowly slithered away in my new snake. I figured out I forgot to hook up the vent hose to the tank. I had put a cap on it while building and forgot about it. Talk about feeling stupid.....!
Don