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Originally Posted by computerworks
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Pictures of the Comp cars on the assembly line at AC show the filler caps installed.
I would say Hex heads are the way to go.
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Comp cars on the assembly line did have filler caps attached however these were unpainted cars. Various things happened during the process to complete these cars. As you mention some of the cars have paint on top of the bolts and in those cases it would be the case that the filler cap was not removed for paint. In most cases the filler cap was removed for paint and for some reason the bolts were often not used when putting the filler cap back on. In many of these cases phillips head screws were used instead. Again, the bottom line is that there is no one certain way that these cars were done originally and this is one example of that. As Sal mentions, during repainting a bolt change was done at times. But it is clear that the cars were not painted when arriving from AC and many of the cars had the bolt change right out of the starting gate. I have debated which way I would go with this item on my car and honestly have gone back and forth on the subject.