Petrol float
When poking about in there, I imagine you may have taken a look at the petrol float? My car seems very original indeed, but I wonder about the float ... a tin can with the lid soldered on, a few scraps of brown paper on the outside, and embossed in the cap were most of the letters to read OVALTINE. The middle letters were obscured by solder!
I imagine this is not the preferred Bristol float, but its the perfect size (about 2.5" long and about 1.25" diameter) so I rather wonder if the parts bin was empty at some stage but a tin was to hand! It was leaking a little so I resoldered the joins and added part of a champagne cork for good measure.
Michael
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