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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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How many 4'4's are out there in TM land fitted with Twin Fillers ? It's just my 4/4, which I am in the process of re-building, has got Twin Fillers and I have only seen one other 4/4 with the same configuration of filler, which leads to my second question, why have Twin Fillers in the first place ? I assume it's a aesthetic thing , as you can easily and safely route the pump hose around the rear of the car when filling. I have included a build picture of my 4/4 taken back in 1982 showing the fillers mentioned 
Owen
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1982 4/4 Twin Cam, Royal Ivory
1932 Super Sports, Duo tone(two tone)Green
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Much quicker fill - open both caps... Never noticed twin fillers on any Morgan except +8 - learn something new every day! 
Graham (G4FUJ)
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'11 MINI Countryman Cooper D All4
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You lucky lad I thought about having them on mine , its the slowest filling car on the road . Due to the air pressure ,If I press the petrol pump lever a bit to hard it gushes back . So I stand and say sorry to anyone behind me , no one as yet played hell . You can open both fillers and shoot the petrol away as fast as you want. No air pressure . Also pull in and side of a pump . I will change it to Lucky bugger . 
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I thought it was only an option on the +8. Jags in the 70's also had them.
It may fill faster but does it mean when you have filled the tank it just comes out the other filler cap?
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Pity it's petrol where the vapour is the dangerous bit, otherwise you could have a self regulating bleed valve on the tank.
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3) 
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Could do with twin fillers to stop petrol spewing out if one overdoes the trigger on the fuel hose !
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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Almost all +4s that raced in the 60s , especially those involved in longer distance events had twin fillers.
It certainly fills a lot faster , and I have never found it exiting from the other filler in road use. After putting in almost 20 gallons (85 litres) I tended to suffer from acute financial shock!
I think almost all early +8s had twin fillers, but I am not sure just how long this was standard or an option.
Andy G
1999 +8 , Indigo Blue.
Ex-John McKecknie/Mike Duncan 1955 +4 racer.
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I thought it was only an option on the +8. Jags in the 70's also had them.
It may fill faster but does it mean when you have filled the tank it just comes out the other filler cap? Thank you all for the feed back regarding 4/4 Twin Fillers and I can understand that using both filler caps would allow a faster fill rate, however my only concern would be the need to strictly monitor the amount of fuel going into the tank to avoid fuel shooting out of the side acting as a breather when the tank was full. Not a particularly safe situation when filling from the opposite side to the exhaust which could result in fuel being sent cascading down the rear panel on to a hot Tail Pipe. So far no reply's to my question about the existence of any other 4/4's with Twin Fillers, surely there are others !
Owen
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1932 Super Sports, Duo tone(two tone)Green
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I thought it was only an option on the +8. Jags in the 70's also had them.
It may fill faster but does it mean when you have filled the tank it just comes out the other filler cap? I had a 1970 XJ6 it had two fillers because it had two tanks and a change over switch on the dash.
Keith
2013 narrow bodied + 4 Ruby.
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Keith , I'm surprised you did not have two male parts and a change over switch . But then thought the switch would had never got used two at the same time .  I thought it was only an option on the +8. Jags in the 70's also had them.
It may fill faster but does it mean when you have filled the tank it just comes out the other filler cap? I had a 1970 XJ6 it had two fillers because it had two tanks and a change over switch on the dash.
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