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Nope. Didn't know that. It must have been an experience for a young gas
station attendant to find the cap.

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There was a real fad about hiding gas fillers back then. Maybe we should do
a collection of pictures of all the cars we can think of that hid their gas
fillers in some way or other. I can think of the Continental Mk II, the 56
and 57 Chevrolets, these Farina Nashes, and some Cadillacs for a start.
There must have been others as well. Anyone....? Didn't the 57 and 58
Oldsmobiles also hide them behind the rear lights or at least the trim below
the lights?

Max

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In article >,
"Zinc" > wrote:

> Nope. Didn't know that. It must have been an experience for a young gas
> station attendant to find the cap.

GearHeads caught on to such things very quickly.

"MagisterMax" > wrote in
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> There was a real fad about hiding gas fillers back then. Maybe we
> should do a collection of pictures of all the cars we can think of
> that hid their gas fillers in some way or other. I can think of the
> Continental Mk II, the 56 and 57 Chevrolets, these Farina Nashes, and
> some Cadillacs for a start. There must have been others as well.
> Anyone....? Didn't the 57 and 58 Oldsmobiles also hide them behind
> the rear lights or at least the trim below the lights?
>
> Max
>
If I am not mistaken, the 57 Oldsmobile gas cap was "hidden" behind the
trim piece below the driver's side tailight. It hinged upward revealing the
gas cap. On the 98 and Super 88 this trim piece was chrome and on the 88 it
was painted to match the car with an "88" badge on it.

RS

This one gets my vote for best hidden fuel cap. And it's a few years before
the fad.

Not my legs, btw.

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On 8-Jul-2007, "MagisterMax" > wrote:

> There was a real fad about hiding gas fillers back then. Maybe we should
> do
> a collection of pictures of all the cars we can think of that hid their
> gas
> fillers in some way or other. I can think of the Continental Mk II, the
> 56
> and 57 Chevrolets, these Farina Nashes, and some Cadillacs for a start.
> There must have been others as well. Anyone....? Didn't the 57 and 58
> Oldsmobiles also hide them behind the rear lights or at least the trim
> below
> the lights?
>
> Max
>
> "Zinc" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Nope. Didn't know that. It must have been an experience for a young gas
> > station attendant to find the cap.
> >
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Good one. I'd never have thought of that one even though I think I've seen
this shown. Imagine driving up to the pumps and letting the poor attendant
look for it? He would already have been completely overcome just from
seeing a Tucker never mind getting his hands on one.

max

"Zinc" > wrote in message
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> This one gets my vote for best hidden fuel cap. And it's a few years
> before
> the fad.
>
> Not my legs, btw.
>
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> On 8-Jul-2007, "MagisterMax" > wrote:
>
>> There was a real fad about hiding gas fillers back then. Maybe we should
>> do
>> a collection of pictures of all the cars we can think of that hid their
>> gas
>> fillers in some way or other. I can think of the Continental Mk II, the
>> 56
>> and 57 Chevrolets, these Farina Nashes, and some Cadillacs for a start.
>> There must have been others as well. Anyone....? Didn't the 57 and 58
>> Oldsmobiles also hide them behind the rear lights or at least the trim
>> below
>> the lights?
>>
>> Max
>>
>> "Zinc" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Nope. Didn't know that. It must have been an experience for a young gas
>> > station attendant to find the cap.
>> >
>> > --
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Great picture. Imagine making this kind of thing a sales point. Of course,
they didn't have power everything back then so had to resort to little toys
for entertainment.

max

"gn_user" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:17:48 GMT, "MagisterMax"
> > wrote:<M41ki.25526$tB5.13443@edtnps90>
>
>>There was a real fad about hiding gas fillers back then. Maybe we should
>>do
>>a collection of pictures of all the cars we can think of that hid their
>>gas
>>fillers in some way or other. I can think of the Continental Mk II, the
>>56
>>and 57 Chevrolets, these Farina Nashes, and some Cadillacs for a start.
>>There must have been others as well. Anyone....? Didn't the 57 and 58
>>Oldsmobiles also hide them behind the rear lights or at least the trim
>>below
>>the lights?
>>
> I never saw all of them, but I do recall when it got down to saying,
> "Well check under the license plate, sometimes they put it there."
>
> A collection would be neat.
>
>>Max
>>
>>"Zinc" > wrote in message
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>>> Nope. Didn't know that. It must have been an experience for a young gas
>>> station attendant to find the cap.
>>>
>
> Anyone remember the Candid Camera episode where they filled it in with
> Bondo and repainted it? Had some lady take it to different stations
> claiming she had no idea where it was.
>
>
>

The 58 Olds hid the cap under a hinged charome piece at the top of the left
taillight. Also, the 58 Pontiac hid it behind the left backup light. I
worked part time in gas stations during that period, and it was always an
adventure, but Buick hid theirs behind the Buick emblem in the center of the
car in the mid to late 60;s.
Roy
"Zinc" > wrote in message
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> This one gets my vote for best hidden fuel cap. And it's a few years
> before
> the fad.
>
> Not my legs, btw.
>
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> On 8-Jul-2007, "MagisterMax" > wrote:
>
>> There was a real fad about hiding gas fillers back then. Maybe we should
>> do
>> a collection of pictures of all the cars we can think of that hid their
>> gas
>> fillers in some way or other. I can think of the Continental Mk II, the
>> 56
>> and 57 Chevrolets, these Farina Nashes, and some Cadillacs for a start.
>> There must have been others as well. Anyone....? Didn't the 57 and 58
>> Oldsmobiles also hide them behind the rear lights or at least the trim
>> below
>> the lights?
>>
>> Max
>>
>> "Zinc" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Nope. Didn't know that. It must have been an experience for a young gas
>> > station attendant to find the cap.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Z~
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Thanks for adding to the list, Roy. I didn't know about the 58 Pontiac nor
about the Buick.

Max

"ROY BRAGG" > wrote in message
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> The 58 Olds hid the cap under a hinged charome piece at the top of the
> left taillight. Also, the 58 Pontiac hid it behind the left backup light.
> I worked part time in gas stations during that period, and it was always
> an adventure, but Buick hid theirs behind the Buick emblem in the center
> of the car in the mid to late 60;s.
> Roy
> "Zinc" > wrote in message
> ...
>> This one gets my vote for best hidden fuel cap. And it's a few years
>> before
>> the fad.
>>
>> Not my legs, btw.
>>
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>> Z~
>>
>> On 8-Jul-2007, "MagisterMax" > wrote:
>>
>>> There was a real fad about hiding gas fillers back then. Maybe we
>>> should
>>> do
>>> a collection of pictures of all the cars we can think of that hid their
>>> gas
>>> fillers in some way or other. I can think of the Continental Mk II, the
>>> 56
>>> and 57 Chevrolets, these Farina Nashes, and some Cadillacs for a start.
>>> There must have been others as well. Anyone....? Didn't the 57 and 58
>>> Oldsmobiles also hide them behind the rear lights or at least the trim
>>> below
>>> the lights?
>>>
>>> Max
>>>
>>> "Zinc" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > Nope. Didn't know that. It must have been an experience for a young
>>> > gas
>>> > station attendant to find the cap.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Z~
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