>My '70 Mk3 has the vent line AND a recovery tank in the boot. The vent
>tube exits the filler neck to the passenger side, goes all the way around
>the boot rim once and into the catch tank. Another line goes from the
>catch tank forward along the frame rail to the plastic charcoal canister
>in the engine bay. My car is a late '70 Mk3 and has many elements of the
>MkIV. I always assumed that was one of them..
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No that is the way the 70 MK3's were made, and possibly some MK4's as they
probably used up all the "old" tanks, until they phased in the newer tanks
with the filler neck extending into the tank. I, unfortunately, had one of
those fuel tanks originally, without the vapor recovery catch tank. The
original gas tank in mine would hold just under 9 gallons (8.8 US) instead
of the older (and later) tanks that would hold 10 US gallons. When mine
began to leak a few years ago, I replaced it with a (76 I believe) 10
gallon one with it's vapor tank, which now resides in the right side rear
wing- By the way, these tanks are slightly different from different years.
Some are rectangular, while others are kind of triangular in shape.
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire
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