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Rear fold down license plate holder
What was the first year GM introduced the rear fold down license plate holder to give access to the gas tank? Also, is anyone familiar with a GM Accessories chrome license plate frame that had a small handle at the top to pull it down easier?
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olredalert (02-04-2024) |
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I don’t have an answer to your question, but I remember my parents’ 79 Fleetwood had a metal tab on the RH top corner of the fold down license door so you didn’t skin your knuckles reaching behind it to pull it down.
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License plate frame
Tony,
Did it look like this? |
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olredalert (02-04-2024) |
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----I have one and was told it was a Buick accessory, but am not posative on that!....Bill S
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That’s not the one I remembered. That was a simple metal tab that was bolted or riveted to the steel door and allowed you to hook a finger on it. The frame is sweet - you’re saying that was an GM accessory?
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Hawkeye (02-04-2024) |
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I was told it is a GM accessory but I can’t find anything on it. I first went looking for one after reading a comment about a photo of one hanging on someone’s garage wall with all of their USA 1 license plates. Of course I didn’t save the photo. My current license plate frame doesn’t allow my plate to fold all the way down when I put gas in. It is arriving tomorrow so I will update this after I get it in my hands. Thanks, Marty |
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scuncio (02-04-2024) |
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gas door
My 65 Impala SS had fold down license gas door.
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----I am pretty sure, Tony. Mine is not for sale....Bill S
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Can't tell you the FIRST year for GM.
68 Chevelle wagons used it. I put one on my 68 El Camino to hide the receiver hitch. Looking at pics of a 65 & 67, apparently the filler is on the side. So, maybe 68 was the first year for Chevelle. Not sure about previous years. According to this article, Ford first did it in 1952. https://krcgtv.com/features/beyond-t...as-filler-caps
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BTW, I have never skinned a knuckle pulling it down; but then I don't pull it down to put gas in; only when I am putting the receiver hitch in.
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