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Old 07-17-2016, 02:47 PM   #11
SS Tim
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Re: Anyone have this original in-bed spare tire carrier mounted?

Do a search for P13 "ss tim" and you will find a number of threads.

There are only three locations that are factory. Both are the left front side of a fleetside bed. Basically its the same location relative to the wheel housing. The difference is the distance from the bed front be it a SWB, LWB or a Longhorn.

It picks up two production bolt holes on the floor but the details escape me at the moment.

The low crown phillips are factory for the upper two fasteners though and I still don't have a proper picture of the carriage bolt used to secure the tire to the mount. As I said before it (the shank square) indexes in the slot as an anti-rotation measure yet slides up or down as need to center in the wheel assembly resting on the bed floor.

Need to remember these were sold over the counter as kits and any number of locations can be found in the wild. My 72 (as found) had a homemade carrier in the left rear. Handy yet out of normal sightlines.
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