| |
Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,162 Posts1,057,068 Members48,463 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 |
| AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 150 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 150 | Hello all!
Can someone send pics of the under bed spare tire mount system for a 1965 C-10?
I need to fab one, and I have only seen a reference drawing in the L%C catalog.
Thanks,
mike | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | You can use one from all the way to 87, looks nearly same as OE from 65, mine is from a 1980 C10. Brian | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 141 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 141 | I would like one for my '64....are the holes already in the frame, fleetside? Or did you have to drill extras? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | Holes are there already. Brian | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 189 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 189 | boy that picture looks familiar woogeroo. RJ | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | RJ - he he he.
jes' sharin' the information...
-W | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 196 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 196 | Woogeroo,
Thanks for the pics. I'm thinkin I might cut the lowering mechanism out of my Isuzu (please don't laugh, or throw me out of here) truck and install it under my 66. Anyone else done something similar with the newer mechanisms?
Rance (or should I post anonymously?)
66 C10 FS/LB 292/4-spd manual (I also enjoy Hang Gliding)
I'm too sexy for my hair, that's why it isn't there
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 150 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 150 | Hey guys.
Thanks for the info and pics.
Now I can get that tire out of the bed.
I was thinking of robbing the cable mount system from an Astro van, but this will be much better.
Trouble is, what am I going to do when I put a new fuel tank back there?
I have a bracket that mounts just forward of the left wheel tub that appears to be some kind of tire mount, is that what it is?
Thanks,
Mike | | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | hey woog, I have one that is pretty similar to the on in the picture. It came with my 53. Could it be, or is it original? I wasn't sure. Thanks. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | ArticCat - it is my understanding that they did not change the basic design too much for a good while... but I can't say for sure. Maybe the '47 2nd series -'55 1st series guys will weigh in here.
Rance - some people have used the mechanism like the one in a chevy s-10 or the full size chevy truck from the 90's - I actually bought the wire spool type holder off a '96 chevy myself from a junkyard to try to mount it up on my '65 - but then I found out RJ had an original type one for sale, so I figured I'd try it out first. People have used all kinds of things to hold the tire up.
I once thought about using a few long J-hooks with bolt ends on them, mountin' them somewhere, then sticking the bolt ends of the J-hook through the bolt holes on the spare... then twisting on a wingnut to secure it. I figured this would be a pain though trying to line up two holes, under the bed....
-W | | |
|
|
| |
