My version of a Hidden Taillight Fuel Filler

[MattPSU]

After looking at all of the threads on hidden taillight fuel fillers, I decided to create my own version. There's obviously lot of influence from various members and lots of inspiration from this site in general, so thanks to you all!

I've been working on this on and off for a couple of months. Lots of trial and error, but I think all of the tweaking if pretty much finished up and my prototype is working well enough to share. I still need to add the filler/cap fixture, but you can see my basic idea below. I wanted the tail light lens/fixture to move out of the way so that it wouldn't interfere with the gas nozzle and I thought having it retract into the fender would be a cool alternative to having it swing out or up.

I used a scrap piece of thin sheet metal that I plan to recreate with something a little thicker now that the design is working well. I did everything with just hand tools and my vise - no welder. It's basically one piece that's been bent into shape and screwed into place. I had to gut the inside of the fender and cut into the inside corner of the bed. I'll build a box to extent the stake pocket to hide this opening. I used RC car tie rods to act as sort of a double hinge. Once I pull everything back out, I'll share some pictures of what exactly I built.

Forgive my crude cuts/bodywork/etc. It still needs to be cleaned up some, but I was excited to finally have it up and working and wanted to share.

Let me know what you think, and please, if there's a huge potential problem that I'm missing, let me know!

Video: http://youtu.be/8C2IuF9wGMI

Thanks,
Matt