Washington County News | 1927-08-25 | Page 8 | Outwit Gasoline Thief by Lock on Gas Tank

Outwit Gasoline Thief by Lock on Gas Tank The tourist and auto camper often finds his gas tank mysteriously empty after a night spent in a strange camp or If the car has been stored In a strange garage. Petty thievery of this kind can be stopped by fitting a lock to your gas tank filler cap as shown in the illustration. The hasp and hinge are cut out of heavy sheet iron. The staple is obtainable in a hard- PADLOCK 'HAS? -STAPLE Locking Your Gasoline Filler Cap in This Way Will Prevent Those Mysterious Mys-terious Losses of Gasoline That Sometimes Occur on Motor Tours. ware store. Bend the end of the hinge so (hat the hasp will clear the nuts. Lie long bolts and push them through the holes from the inside of the tank so that you can grasp the ends of the bolts with the pliers while you tighten the nuts. The ends of the bolts can then be cut off and hammered over so that there will be no chance of their loosening up. Use gaskets cut from vellumoid under the bolt heads. Popular Pop-ular Science Monthly.