The idea for the Moylan Arrow came from former Ford engineer Jim Moylan, who found himself rather frustrated with the fact that there wasn’t a simple way to know which side of a vehicle the gas tank was located on
The Moylan Arrow made so much sense, in fact, that other automotive manufacturers also adopted it, and today, it’s hard to imagine a world where this little helpful indicator didn’t exist.
A lot of us simply know our gas tank filler neck is behind the license plate, but somewhere around 1962 some cars started getting filler necks where race track pit crews could fill the tanks fast from the side of the race car.
If Moylan had invented this at the time of fuel fill caps under taillamps or behind license plates, we could had had some pretty funny symbols on the dashboard images. Might have even been considered lewd!
ReplyDeleteWould be better to eliminate the silly arrow and show the gas hose on that side of the pump.
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