[bkozlow]

So many kit owners try for accuracy in their roadsters that I am sure the same maybe true of coupe builders. One area that you have to decide on is the gas gauge. The original cars did not have gas gauges. They had a series of three Bendix electric fuel pumps feeding a mechanical pump on the engine. The gas tank was constructed with a wall inside the tank that went up part way. When you filled the tank, fuel would spill over the wall and fill that section of the tank. It had its own pickup and was connected to one of the three pumps on separate electrical system, connected to an on-off switch on the dash. This pump was marked RESERVE. It gave you enough fuel to always make it back to the pits if you ran the main tank dry.

Bill K