Fuel filler options
 

Im now putting the 69 short bed back together and Im second guessing my orignal plan of putting my fuel filler behind the left tail light. I was thinking of getting a fuel door from the scrap yard but really hate cutting up a nice orignal bedside. What do you guys think??? Lets see what you have done???

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I like when they are in the tail light...and I also don't like when people cut the bedside to put one in.

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i like when tanks are in the cab

your truck do what you want to it

you could always chop up the shortbed and make it into a longbed to b different

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Had planned on doing the side door thing, but I think I have decided to go with a camaro tank and license plate filler:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=423035

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I had to think about what i use my truck for before i decided, I haul stuff, i may put a camper on it and i pull a trailer so that rules out the rear license plate area and anywhere inside the bed. That left me with the rear light or a fuel door on the bedside.
The frame being a long bed 3/4t put the tank in my opinion too far from the rear ( again with a tow reciver) of the bed to do a light fill..

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heres mine

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Would that happen to be a fuel door from a 79-87 chevy truck?

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I'd like to see in a stepside

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I am also doing the Camaro tank with the fold down license plate. No cutting the bedside or floor.

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I hear ya, any of you guys have one that you put in the tail light????
LMAO :lol: sorry bro didnt mean to piss in your wheaties :lol:
yea I already have a suburban tank in the truck so my options are limited.
Nice.

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mine is on the passenger side but looks the same as the silver one. I have a blazer tank in mine.

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i have a buddy that hinged the left rear marker lite and had the filler in that hole. it worked awesome. thats what im in the process of cathering parts for now. i will post pics of it during the process. since he has sold the truck and i cannot get pics of it.

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I started the same thread in the 73-87 section. I have a dually that I am replacing the saddle tanks with a burb tank and have the same dilemma. I think I am going to do the taillight option but maybe you want to keep an eye on this thread also.

Good luck!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=439908
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I have a customers truck that I am going to put a blazer tank into. My plan is to move the filler neck to the rear behind the license plate.

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Not sure how well that is going to work! The filler neck of the burb tank with the tank mounted in the truck exits just above the frame. The license plate is roughly 2-3 inches below the height of the filler neck.
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Don't have any pics loaded in the computer right now but when I moved my in-the-cab tank to the rear behind the axle I put the fuel filler inside the bed on the left side wheel well tub, bout mid-way up the back side. Used a screw on type fuel cap/fill tube from a early 90's truck. Had to do some tube bending and such but it fills well with no problems. If I can find the pics on a disk I will try and post them.

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That would be correct. Real cheap and plenty to get.

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I like em done in the bedside with a later model door. 99 percent of the people would have no idea that it wasn't stock.

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heres mine behind the back up light.

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i like it hidden,mines behind the lh side marker.used a streetrod style and modified for my blazer.

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Lots of great ideas! Keep em coming, I'm gonna do mine one of these days!

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I've pondered on this as well. I like the taillight idea and especially the marker light idea but it looks pretty cumbersome trying to get the pump nozzle in there. I've never seen it done in person so maybe I am wrong. At this point I am leaning towards grafting in a fuel door. I think everyone I have seen is a square door, I am considering using an 88-98 style truck filler which is round. I think it might go better with the body lines, not sure though...

Heres a random pic for reference.
http://www.moldestuket.com/gmcsierra15.JPG

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I did think of that. LOL! I haven't mocked it up yet. It will be one of those "figure it out as I go deals" The customer doesn't want to cut any holes in the inner or outer bedsides, if possible. I will post pics of what I come up with.

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Understood! My original plans were to use the factory bed filler location when I moved the tank to the rear and until I actually took the bed off and jacked the tank up into place I realized that I didn't have the required angle for good fuel flow. Last thing I want is a tank that takes forever to fill because it keeps burping out the fill tube!
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We installed a late model fuel door in the rear panel.

I used a filler neck cover out of a 80's model blazer to cover the filler neck in the bed.

It looks great. I don't have a pic of that but you'll see the result when you look at the way its used in the blazer.

I am a big fan of moving the tank to the rear. More room in the cab . The interior really opens up behind the bucket seats.

Good Luck