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In '64, the company moved me from Los Alamos, NM, out to Oxnard, CA.  We owned two cars so my wife and I drove them rather than ship them.As we neared Needles, California, the older car, a Studebaker, stopped running.  Gas gauge showed it was not out of gas but start, it wouldn't.I pushed it into Needles and into the nearest gas station.  Explained the problem, the mechanic took off the gas cap (which I had failed to do), and a great hiss ensued.  I immediately knew what the problem HAD BEEN.  The car had been repainted and the gas cap's vent had been painted over!The tank had been filled at Flagstaff - high altitude - with gas and high altitude air.  No other air was able to get into the tank as the gas was used driving down to near sea level; the poor gas pump wasn't designed for that type of work so couldn't pump gas into the carburetor.  A new gas cap was installed.Art
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