Looking for MGB with Filler cap behind tail lens

[NAS1966]

Hi,

a few month ago I ran across an MGB that had the gas filler cap behind the passenger side tail light. I saved the link but my PC broke,so I lost the link, can anyone help?

Thanks,


Repairmeister

[Moderator]

Two different approaches!
Bill Jacobson's MGB V8
Ken Nicks' MGB V6

[lawnvett]

Ken just changed his but it's still like a 56 chevy

[mowog1]

Howard Hosp (Indiana) has also done this conversion.

[Jim Stabe]

You have to unscrew the lens to get to the fuel filler?

[MGBV8]

Yeah, needs a hinge, right Jim?  

[Jim Stabe]

That's what I was thinkin'

[BlownMGB-V8]

On the Chevy, didn't the reflector assembly swing down with the lens? Maybe doing that a hood hinge mounted at the bottom could work.

Jim

[MGBV8]

The 55 had a standard door in the left quarter panel. The 56 had what you describe. I liked the 57 the best with a door in the middle of the tail fin.

[Jim Stabe]

I just open the trunk.

[MGBV8]

More ways to do it.

[Sidecardoug]

I believe this feature first appeared  on a Cadillac,  about 1953 or 54....another way to go is the hinged license plate bracket - try GM cars from the
70's thru 80's @ your local pick n`pull..   these can also be mounted upside down.  I have one hiding a hitch receiver under the front bumper of a pickup- makes parking a trailer easy ,

Doug