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| | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 45 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 45 | I have a 59 stepside with the spare tire mounted on the driver's side. All I have seen , up till now, are mounted on the driver's side. I just spotted a 58 with the tire mounted on the pass. side. Were these rare and were they stock? Could it be ordered as an option either way? Anyone care to respond. Thanks.
Ken in NY
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | the book lists RPO341, Side Mounted Wheel Carrier, as "Left-Hand Side Only"
but I've seen'em with spares on both sides - either a special order or home made, which isn't hard
Bill | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 45 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 45 |
Ken in NY
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 25 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 25 | You can cut the indent part out of another L.H 55-66 fender and weld in the RH fender after it is cut out and you will have dual mounts, if you are good enough body man. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 113 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 113 | My '57 GMC 3804 had the passenger side spare tire carrier, while my '59 3200 had the driver's side one.
Because of the box length (9 feet), the '57 didn't have the dimple in the fender (wasn't needed!). The mount did not look like it was supplied by the factory, but looked home-made sometime in the past!. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Could it be that GMC mounted thiers on the right? I seem to recall reading somewhere that that was one of the diffences between Chevy and GMC in the '20s and '30s. Perhaps it continued after WW2?
Bill Burmeister
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