Hey all I recently acquired a 1954 Chevy 210 Wagon. I'm completely stoked, as I've been so wanting onna these!! The only thing I don't like about the way this car was built, is that they stuck the gas filler on the top of the fender! WHY?! They did it on all the wagon models too. It's the same basic body as any of the '54 coupes ands sedans, and none of them have this. They all have gas doors, which I think looks so much cleaner. Is there some sort of technical reason they did wagons this way? Has anybody ever stuck a gas door on their wagon? I'm thinking about putting one on mine, but if it's gonna cause some sort of gas fume issues inside the body panels. (that's the only reason I can figure they did them this way) I'd rather learn about it before cutting my car up. Thanx for any help.
In the car trunk they made a curved piece of metal to clear the fill tube. My guess is they didn’t want that to be in the wagon. The inner panel might be in the way. Only my opinion
Wow, thanks an usual car! Great find! I'm interested to see what you do to it. As long as you vent to the outside, a fuel door should be fine. I'm wondering if that filler neck comes up the quarter rather than across the trunk and that's why it's different?
My guess is the tank is in the fender just under the gas fill. So they could not put it in the side of the fender as the tank goes above that position. Find a rusted out rear passenger fender and cut the top out of it, shorten the filler neck so it is under the top of your fender. Then use the piece you cut out of the rusted fender to make a hinged cover for the gas filler that matches the top of the fender.
I did this exact mod to a friend's tin woody about 6 years ago. I don't have any finished pics, but the parts were from a 4 door sedan if I remember correctly. It was designed so any gas that might spill out of the tube would exit onto the ground, just as if the fill tube were still on the top of the fender. The fill tube was totally isolated from the interior of the car. The fill tube ran in a "funnel" of sorts and any excess gas that was spilled did not run down the paint on the exterior of the fender.
YES, this is EXACTLY what I'm wanting to do, and this is the information I was looking for. Thanks a bunch JVO!! I'll post up and let you see how my turns out. (it probably will be a winter project as that's when I plan to clean up my body dings and give her a new paintjob.)
Might want to sell those extra bumper guards on the rear or move them up front they are shorter and look better than the regular ones but up on the front bumper. Four on the rear looks goofy
would like to see your finished filler and gas door. Did you use pieces from the '50 and later sedans?
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