Originally posted by gifthorse A favorite of mine is the '49 Caddie. The gas cap is hidden under the (hinged) driver's side tailight.
A reflector below the light is actually a button that, when pushed, releases the tailight which swings up to access the gas cap. Loads of fun at the full service gas station! The tailight on this Caddie is in the up position.
There were several other GM cars that had the gas filler hidden below the tail light. I vaguely recall a Chevy we owned had that feature. (both my parents wanted only GM because everyone knew that Ford products were "oil burners"). The filler was also sometimes hidden below a spring-hinged license-plate holder.
This is the only Wonder Wagon I've every seen, or heard of for all that. I've otherwise only seen such paint jobs on old VW shoe-boxes. SCAN from the Film Era