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72MARIO · 10-14-2003, 06:04 PM

Here are some pic's of My flip down tail light gas filler.

I had to cut the stake pocket out of the box and some of the rear box crossmembers. I also had to do extensive mod's to the tail light housing. I also had to remove 1/16 of from under the tail light opening in the box side. I used a cabinet hinge fromHome Depot. For the filler tube I cut the old neck off of a tank.( I filled the tank with water) Then I heated the neck up and removed the filler ring that the gas cap clips into.(It was soldered on) I welded it to the exhaust pipe that I had bent up. I still need to get the L.E.D's from Early Classics. Frigging Expensive though. Oh I had to flip the taillight housing too. I was planning on using a Blazer tank but the plans may change.

Here are some pic's

I will never do this mod again ! I am not kidding.

72MARIO · 10-14-2003, 06:05 PM

Filler

pissonNOS · 10-14-2003, 06:07 PM

would you recommend it to someone to try?

72MARIO · 10-14-2003, 06:07 PM

Hinge

72MARIO · 10-14-2003, 06:10 PM

Opps'

72MARIO · 10-14-2003, 06:12 PM

I hate this!

72MARIO · 10-14-2003, 06:14 PM

I would never do it again. I would rather spend the time somewhere else. And run the filler thru the bed floor.

70c10 · 10-14-2003, 06:22 PM

Alot of hard work but still a pretty trick mod!

Hotrod70C10 · 10-14-2003, 06:23 PM

Just wait until you start crusing and showing your truck. The compliments you will get at the gas station and other places will make up for the frustration. :p
BTW: That is freaking slick man!

crazy longhorn · 10-14-2003, 07:07 PM

some of those mods that you think will be "minor", do really take some time. anything that "moves" will be more work......it sure looks good tho

crazyL

68gmcdually · 12-29-2004, 09:36 PM

72MARIO: I guess that you don't want to drive up to my place in Fenelon and try that mod on my truck then.

ebfabman · 12-29-2004, 09:52 PM

Mario, have you tried to open it with the bumper installed yet? With the bumper on, will it open enough to get the fuel pump nozzle in the filler?

longnlow72 · 12-29-2004, 10:21 PM

ebfabman, im guessing by his truck he will have a roll pan not a bumper, that is a sweet mod

Blue Beard · 12-29-2004, 11:19 PM

All good things come to those who wait.....and it looks good.

72MARIO · 12-30-2004, 11:43 AM

Wow this is old.

I have actually trashed this idea. The light cleared the bumper but I could not get a hinge that had no side to side play. So whenever I closed it the tail light housing would hit the inside of the light opening and if the truck was painted in time it would chip/wear all of the paint off. There was like 1/16" of side to side play at the top of the light it would hit either side. I feel really bad that I gave up on this Idea it was such a cool mod but I just did not have the tallent to custom fab my own hinge at the time. I have installed a 20 gallon fuel cell form summit with a fule sending unit. I am using a stainless gas filler for a boat and sticking it in the wood floor. The Blazer tank I was planning on using hung way too low and I would have had to hack out all of the crossmember to clear the tank.

71Longbed · 01-26-2005, 08:40 PM

which summit fuel sell did you get and how low does it sit?

72MARIO · 01-26-2005, 09:18 PM

The fule cell I am using is aluminum 24x20x10 " it has a 0-90 ohm sending unit too. The fuel cell is 10 inches deep so it should hang down about 5 inches.

Low69CST · 01-26-2005, 09:40 PM

Mario i'm considering the same mod, what gave you so much headache with it?

longnlow72 · 01-26-2005, 09:44 PM

low69cst,

Quote:

Originally Posted by 72MARIO

Wow this is old.

I have actually trashed this idea. The light cleared the bumper but I could not get a hinge that had no side to side play. So whenever I closed it the tail light housing would hit the inside of the light opening and if the truck was painted in time it would chip/wear all of the paint off. There was like 1/16" of side to side play at the top of the light it would hit either side. I feel really bad that I gave up on this Idea it was such a cool mod but I just did not have the tallent to custom fab my own hinge at the time. I have installed a 20 gallon fuel cell form summit with a fule sending unit. I am using a stainless gas filler for a boat and sticking it in the wood floor. The Blazer tank I was planning on using hung way too low and I would have had to hack out all of the crossmember to clear the tank.

i think this is what u were asking

Low69CST · 01-27-2005, 12:35 AM

sorry, i'm slightly intoxicated tonight.

stllookn · 01-27-2005, 02:07 AM

Mario, How are you doing your wood bed with that big drop? I am sure you must have notched the rear...right? I love the wood but am not sure how it will look stepped. Maybe just do the flat part in wood and cover the notch in sheet metal.

**special-K** · 01-27-2005, 08:03 AM

Anyone try a car tank/tag-fill?I had this in a`69 PowerWagon,a 68 Coronet tank.Starting to think of looking into it.

72MARIO · 01-27-2005, 07:07 PM

Here is a pic of how You could notch the wood floor If you step notched the frame. It's not necessary with a C notch. I can have my axel hit the frame and the pumpkin will not hit the wood floor. I have not notched the frame though. I think if I notch the frame I coulds only get another 2" drop before the pupmkin hit's the wood floor. So a not in my case it would not be worth notching the frame.

10-14-2003, 06:04 PM	#1
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	My Flip Down Tail Light Gas Filler. Here are some pic's of My flip down tail light gas filler. I had to cut the stake pocket out of the box and some of the rear box crossmembers. I also had to do extensive mod's to the tail light housing. I also had to remove 1/16 of from under the tail light opening in the box side. I used a cabinet hinge fromHome Depot. For the filler tube I cut the old neck off of a tank.( I filled the tank with water) Then I heated the neck up and removed the filler ring that the gas cap clips into.(It was soldered on) I welded it to the exhaust pipe that I had bent up. I still need to get the L.E.D's from Early Classics. Frigging Expensive though. Oh I had to flip the taillight housing too. I was planning on using a Blazer tank but the plans may change. Here are some pic's I will never do this mod again ! I am not kidding. Attached Images __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

10-14-2003, 06:05 PM	#2
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	Filler Attached Images __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

10-14-2003, 06:07 PM	#3
pissonNOS senior member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: fort macleod alberta Posts: 2,770	would you recommend it to someone to try? __________________ 69 GMC bagged

10-14-2003, 06:07 PM	#4
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	Hinge Attached Images __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

10-14-2003, 06:10 PM	#5
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	Opps' __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

10-14-2003, 06:12 PM	#6
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	I hate this! Attached Images __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

10-14-2003, 06:14 PM	#7
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	I would never do it again. I would rather spend the time somewhere else. And run the filler thru the bed floor. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

10-14-2003, 06:22 PM	#8
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,857	Alot of hard work but still a pretty trick mod! __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

10-14-2003, 06:23 PM	#9
Hotrod70C10 Low & Slow Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,047	Just wait until you start crusing and showing your truck. The compliments you will get at the gas station and other places will make up for the frustration. :p BTW: That is freaking slick man! __________________ 70' C-10 LWB Fleetside 4.5/6 drop

10-14-2003, 07:07 PM	#10
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,402	some of those mods that you think will be "minor", do really take some time. anything that "moves" will be more work......it sure looks good tho crazyL __________________ 69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears....

12-29-2004, 09:36 PM	#11
68gmcdually Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fenelon Falls, ON Canada Posts: 1,455	72MARIO: I guess that you don't want to drive up to my place in Fenelon and try that mod on my truck then. __________________ James Bellwood 1968 930 Extend-A-Cab Dually 5.7l, 5 speed,

12-29-2004, 09:52 PM	#12
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,489	Mario, have you tried to open it with the bumper installed yet? With the bumper on, will it open enough to get the fuel pump nozzle in the filler?

12-29-2004, 10:21 PM	#13
longnlow72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SW Washington Posts: 947	ebfabman, im guessing by his truck he will have a roll pan not a bumper, that is a sweet mod __________________ 72 Chevy lwb, cowl hood, shaved antenna, shaved bedrails, blazer tank, sidemarker fill, 1pc windows, flowmaster 40's, alpine deck, infinity 6x9's, infinity 4"ers, 2 jl audio 10w0's, grant wheel, keyless entry and alarm, more waiting to be done... Last edited by longnlow72; 12-29-2004 at 10:25 PM.

12-29-2004, 11:19 PM	#14
Blue Beard Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 8,834	All good things come to those who wait.....and it looks good. __________________ 1970 Chev CST 2003 Harley Fatboy 1975 Chevrolet Step Van 1956 Chev Bel Air 1977 Blazer 2WD For Sale $3000.00 1978 Blazer 2WD For Sale $7000.00 1978 Silverado 2005 Monte Carlo

12-30-2004, 11:43 AM	#15
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	Wow this is old. I have actually trashed this idea. The light cleared the bumper but I could not get a hinge that had no side to side play. So whenever I closed it the tail light housing would hit the inside of the light opening and if the truck was painted in time it would chip/wear all of the paint off. There was like 1/16" of side to side play at the top of the light it would hit either side. I feel really bad that I gave up on this Idea it was such a cool mod but I just did not have the tallent to custom fab my own hinge at the time. I have installed a 20 gallon fuel cell form summit with a fule sending unit. I am using a stainless gas filler for a boat and sticking it in the wood floor. The Blazer tank I was planning on using hung way too low and I would have had to hack out all of the crossmember to clear the tank. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD



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01-26-2005, 08:40 PM	#16
71Longbed Not Mine But A beauty Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southern CaL Posts: 368	which summit fuel sell did you get and how low does it sit? __________________ 68 Chevy Shortbed 454/400 2000 Chevrolet Camaro SS 6spd 2011 Silverado 5.3 6spd auto

01-26-2005, 09:18 PM	#17
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	The fule cell I am using is aluminum 24x20x10 " it has a 0-90 ohm sending unit too. The fuel cell is 10 inches deep so it should hang down about 5 inches. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

01-26-2005, 09:40 PM	#18
Low69CST Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA Posts: 2,163	Mario i'm considering the same mod, what gave you so much headache with it? __________________ '69 CST Short fleetside Lowered, 400 small block, 700R4, 4 wheel disc brakes, front sway bar & rear camaro sway bar (in progress) '87 V10 4x4 Short Fleetside Quad Suspension and Dual Tanks

01-27-2005, 12:35 AM	#20
Low69CST Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA Posts: 2,163	sorry, i'm slightly intoxicated tonight. __________________ '69 CST Short fleetside Lowered, 400 small block, 700R4, 4 wheel disc brakes, front sway bar & rear camaro sway bar (in progress) '87 V10 4x4 Short Fleetside Quad Suspension and Dual Tanks

01-27-2005, 02:07 AM	#21
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Mario, How are you doing your wood bed with that big drop? I am sure you must have notched the rear...right? I love the wood but am not sure how it will look stepped. Maybe just do the flat part in wood and cover the notch in sheet metal. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

01-27-2005, 08:03 AM	#22
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01-27-2005, 07:07 PM	#23
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	Here is a pic of how You could notch the wood floor If you step notched the frame. It's not necessary with a C notch. I can have my axel hit the frame and the pumpkin will not hit the wood floor. I have not notched the frame though. I think if I notch the frame I coulds only get another 2" drop before the pupmkin hit's the wood floor. So a not in my case it would not be worth notching the frame. Attached Images __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

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