Abstract: A plastic filler tube for a fuel tank which includes an arrangement approximate one end thereof which is engageable with a fuel flange of a fuel tank. The filler tube can include an annular outer flange or a plurality of tabs which can engage a radially inwardly directed flange or set of tabs on the fuel flange.

Abstract: A synthetic material structural body panel is provided which comprises synthetic material suitable for use as structural body panel, for example, as a package tray in an automotive vehicular structural body, wherein an aperture extends through the synthetic material panel, and further comprising a metal attachment plate fixedly engaging the synthetic material and spanning the aperture. The invention further provides a method of making a structural body comprising a synthetic material structural body panel according to the invention. The invention further provides a joint between a synthetic material structural body panel of the invention and another structural body panel, which joint comprises a metal attachment plate as described above, and means such as spot welding, riviting, etc. securing the metal attachment plate to the other structural body panel.