I've got a side mount on my 58 Fleetside. I can't imagine having the spare tire mounted under the bed; it would be darned inconvenient when you had to change a flat. I also like the look of the spare mounted in the bed on the drivers side. My spare is mounted on an original rim the same as the other four rims on the truck. It's basically the same tire as the ones on the truck only with more tread as the current one has never been used to date. I suppose that when it comes time to get four new tires, I'll just get three and use one of the not so good tires as the spare and use the curent spare (with all of its wonderfull tread smile ) on the ground.

58 Fleetside, 235, "The Old Buckin' Bronco"