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| | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | Were side mount spare tires ever located on the passenger side of AD trucks? I am thinking of a 1954 GMC in particular. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | This topic has been discussed a few times on different forums. No one has come up with a GM, GMC, or Chevrolet document that describes a passenger-side spare tire mount for Advance-Design Chevrolet or New Design GMC pick-up trucks. For those that did not know, the 53-55 models had an optional driver's bed-side-mount spare tire.
However, it would have been quite easy to install the side mount on 3/4 and 1 ton pick-ups, because the bed is long enough to install the mount on the bed-side forward to the rear fender (without having to cut a dimple in the fender).
Tim | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 | I was going to ask the same question. I just bought a 54 3100 and the spare is mounted on the passenger side on a rail that looks original, but the driver's side rear fender has the indentation for a spare. There is no mount on the driver's side of the bed, so I'm curious of what was original. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | Didn't one of the after-market suppliers offer a template for cutting out the rear fender for the indented area? I thought it was Jim Carter but cannot find it. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Not real clear here Rockie on that rail comment, how did they find room to mount a spare with out having a cutout in the right rear fender of a 3100??? Think you could clear that up with a picture??
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | It's in the Tech Tips section HERE Originally posted by olblu49:
Didn't one of the after-market suppliers offer a template for cutting out the rear fender for the indented area? I thought it was Jim Carter but cannot find it. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 | Sorry I didn't get back sooner about the spare tie/rail issue. The rail sits fowrard of the fender on the passanger side and mounts under the lip of the bed. It does look home made but old. Also, closer inspection leads me to question if the driver's side fender is stock. http://www.stovebolt.com/gallery/peluso_rick_1954.html
Last edited by Rockies54; 10/31/2007 10:43 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | It's non-stock but does not look bad. | | |
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