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| | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 | I searched and couldn't find any info on this. Did Chevy make a factory AD rear passenger side fender with the indent for side mounted spare tire?
I found a fender with the indent and it looks factory. I can't find any indication of modifications, welds, etc. and it matches dimensions with my driver side fender.
Allan
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1951 GMC 1/2-ton
Two 1953 Chevy 3100 5-window
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 |
No, the GM A-D bed-side spare tire holder (RPO 341/342) was on the driver's side only and was first available in 1953.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 | Thanks Tim. Somebody did a heck of a job on converting this fender...I'll post a picture tomorrow.
Allan
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1951 GMC 1/2-ton
Two 1953 Chevy 3100 5-window
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 |
Allan,
Thanks for offering to post a picture. A while back, someone posted a photo of a pickup with spare tire carriers on both sides of the bed. It looked real nice (for those of us who like symmetry).
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 | My 1952 truck has the spare tire on passenger side. The fender looks factory perfect (well maybe) yet the tire carrier looks home made. passenger side tire carrier
Last edited by DavidF; 05/23/2011 10:55 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | That is not a factory set-up. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I suspect that someone cut the "dimple" out of a driver side and put it in the passenger? Maybe look on the back side of the fender and tell how they did it. I have a driver side fender and can see how they could do that. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 | Sorry for the delay on the photos. Alvin, if they did cut it out and reverse it like the tech tip they did a heck of a job...I really can't tell. PHOTO1 PHOTO2
Allan
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1951 GMC 1/2-ton
Two 1953 Chevy 3100 5-window
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 | As posted above, I have one of the "homemade" passenger side spare tire carriers and dimpled rear fenders that looks like the photo1 above. Now, I need to figure out the best method of returning the fender to normal/stock. I have a feeling by the time I am done, the fender is going to quite a bit of stretched metal and plastic filler...ugh.
Finally, i will have to fabricate my own under bead carrier. Fortunately, with the illustrations in the factory assembly manual, it shold not to diffilcult | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 341 |
Allan
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1951 GMC 1/2-ton
Two 1953 Chevy 3100 5-window
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