I was going to do it on my Willys because it is just right, at least for that truck. The damned tire is too tall. I really think it depends on the truck, is it a little utilitarian or is it really smooth.
Like a hot rod shop truck would have been "back in the day". I didn't pay a whole hell of attention to these trucks until I happened to get one for s**** price. I guess I need to pull out the old magazines.
On my 35 the spare sits inside the bed. I wouldn't mind mounting the spare on the bed side, if i had the bracket. It's just practical.
was that an option or did they all come like that? I'm working on a 40 right now. I think it is cool. I like old trucks to still be old trucks when a person is done.
Well I lived across from Dorman's Speed Shop when I was in High school. He had a Merc 390 built to the hilt in it. Used it to haul parts etc. It had a tuck n roll bed cover and a covered side mounted spare.
If you dont mount the spare, it's only wrong if you also don't remove the indentation in the fender where the tire mounts
Spares were mounted on the front fenders on Ford pickups from 28-34, thereafter they were hung on the bed side between rear fender and cab, high or low. Spares mounted on bed side can be covered by a sewn up spare cover with silk-screened or hand-painted logo or other artwork, or a metal ring and cover suitably decorated or painted/chromed. Very common in early days.
Moving the spare to the bed side was really only possible on longer wheelbase (ie newer) models. And, it got that dammed spare, or spares if you had them on both sides, out of the way if you had to work on the engne! Gary
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