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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Marianna Arkansas
Posts: 7,270
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Bedside filler or back bumper fill?
I'm at the point [or close enough to have to plan for it] in Wiggy's build at my place for the filler. I'm doing him up a 5.3 setup on the frame off that I fell into[started out as a patch panel on the cab]and now we are at the rear tank stage of the planning and prep. I have seen a few bedside gas doors that look pretty good, what are they cutout of? On the Camaro or Chevelle tanks the rear flip plate idea for the gas neck looks good to me witch tank do you prefer or like the best? On the Camaro or Chevelle tank did you just make some straps? Thanks for the help. Jim
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 222
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Re: Bedside filler or back bumper fill?
I did the camaro tank swap and used the straps it came with, I haven't gone to gas station yet to see how easy it's gonna be but it seems to work pretty well. There's a whole write up on how to do it. The side mounted filler I think you could cut them out of any truck in the junk yard and make it work.
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Marianna Arkansas
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Re: Bedside filler or back bumper fill?
Well on my yard I have a ton of side from 99-07 Chevy trucks and half a doz or so from the 88-98 model I gone through most of that stuff and crushed it out. Same with the S10 stuff but I do have a couple beds left from both body styles they had. I was hoping that one of them may be what we needed for the bedside fill if we went that way.[on wiggy's truck ] I think I may just leave most of my tanks in the cab. Jim
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Troy Montana
Posts: 3,940
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Re: Bedside filler or back bumper fill?
In the past I have used them out of mid 70's chevy vans, mid eighties ford pickups, but the best (IMHO) one I have found that has the closest curve to our trucks bedsides are the 1st generation Dodge Dakotas, they need the least amount of shrinking/stretching
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: NOR-CAL
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Petal,Ms.
Posts: 428
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Re: Bedside filler or back bumper fill?
The camaro tank hangs real low, well for me it did. I am going to use one of those cool caps, inserted into my fender. Using a 49-52 chevy sedan tank its a lot more work but it fits in the frame rails nice.
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