Fuel door
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Fuel door
I am currently restoring a 69/72 Ford F250, 4x4, 460, for my senior project in high school. I've welded in new floorboards, working on cab mounts, new dash, reappolstered seat, painted inside cab, door panels, etc; dechroming and major body work before painting. I had a question though. I was wondering where to find the stock aluminium locking gas doors. I took mine off when doing the body work, and they were in sore shape anyway. But I can't find a source for the original-looking doors that I can rivet back in place after I get it painted...any help would be appreciated...
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Oops, I've seen so many trucks that had those same doors, I thought they came as stock. The aftermarket ones that I have seen so far are smaller that the current holes. I'll keep looking though. Thanks John
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Eddie, if you find a place that sells them let me know. I'm restoring my 72 and have been looking for those doors too. I've found aftermarket round doors on the net but would like to keep the same square door look if possible.
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Originally Posted by JakeisK98
Eddie, if you find a place that sells them let me know. I'm restoring my 72 and have been looking for those doors too. I've found aftermarket round doors on the net but would like to keep the same square door look if possible.
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Originally Posted by thesprocket26
I am going to graft stock doors from a 79 truck onto my 67. I think it will look better than two holes with caps cut into the sides.
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Don`t really know what these doors look like but is it not possible to make new doors out of aluminium from scratch? I take it that the doors are a flat sheet with rounded corners. I have not seen any for a long while so my memory could be playing tricks again. 
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Yeah, I suppose that one could do this. If I did it though, it would look like I did it. I'm looking for something that I could simply rivet back into the original spot. I've see thousands of these, now that I need two of them, they've become scarce...
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I have these same doors on both sides of my '70 f100. Never received keys when I bought the truck so I just use the tank behind the seat. I'm wondering , if the doors are aftermarket, what was there before the aluminum doors.? I have always thought the aluminum doors were factory installed.....Probably because the toolbox in the side of the bed on some rigs looks similar to the gas door ,just bigger... Or, is the toolbox an aftermarket part also??
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I believe most of those doors were installed because the filler tube is almost level and are a pain in the **** to fill (at least in my '73 it is). If you put in a door you can then angle the filler tube upwards and fix that problem. At least that is the main reason I want them (I'm looking too).
The other, locking gas caps are ugly, a locking door isn't as bad.
The other, locking gas caps are ugly, a locking door isn't as bad.
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Those doors usually connect to saddle tanks that sit on the outside of the frame rails, very dangerous in my opinion. Get T-boned and you could have gas everywhere and ignition-POOF! My truck has those cheesy doors too, and when I get the truck painted this year (tax return here i come!) I'm having them removed.
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