As a young lad I took part on a road trip with my Grandfather, Great Uncle, and Father. We traveled in the hills of California and ran out of gas. We had “white gas” for our camp stove and my father improvised a funnel using a plastic bag having a corner cut off and proceeded to empty the one gallon can into the gas tank. We would drive up the hills then coast down down the other side and were eventually able to reach a gas station.

Although plastic bottles or even plastic bags can be modified as a funnel, perhaps the only resource available might be a beer bottle, not something that can be fashioned with a scissors or a knife.

Years ago I wrote an article entitled
“Popping Off Bottle Bottoms By Hand” that includes a link to a video demonstrating the process.

While preparing a bottle to illustrate the photo for this article I had difficulty at first popping out the bottle’s bottom so I reviewed my own instruction video that resulted in success.

Practicing this technique now will prepare you in the event a bottle is your only resource for a funnel in an emergency situation.