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1955 Chevy Fuel Door - Knock Knock (cont.)

The new tube assembly was close to the original mounting bracket on the body, which made it easy to utilize again. We cut the bracket off the discarded filler neck and, with a little tweaking, fit it to the new tube. This is how it looked through the stock gas door.	A short length of gas hose was used to connect the filler tube to the filler neck. It's imperative to use actual gas hose because radiator hose and other materials will break down over time when exposed to the chemicals in gasoline.	With the lenses and bezel back on, you'd never know what lurked behind. We checked the swing of the assembly again once everything was assembled and found a few spots that needed a bit more trimming. The taillight housing height can be adjusted with the supplied washers; side-to-side adjustments can be made by slotting the mounting holes in the housing. The only fabrication left was to weld up the stock gas door.

This was all that plugged into the motor from the new wiring harness.	The supplied relay panel may look intimidating, but all we needed to do was connect a power and a ground. It included leads to a toggle switch to activate the door; the switch can be mounted just about anywhere.

SOURCES
Firehouse Fabrication 704 Monroe Way, Dept. CRM Placentia, CA 92870 (714) 993-4423	Rocky Hinge Inc. 1720 Wilson Ave., Dept. CRM Girard, OH 44420 (888) 539-6295 www.rockyhinge.com

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