OEM in bed spare carrier
 

Factory inside bed spare tire carrier.. $45.00 shipped

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I would like to be first in line on this but would like to know if these came in fleetside trucks?

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Yes, they were a factory option. P13 - SIDE MOUNTED SPARE. It shows the proper mounting location in the Assembly manual also.

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You are first up for it..
Yes.. Like chipflyer says it is a factory option in the fleetside trucks..

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Next in line...
Send me a PM if it gets this far. I'm not sure email is getting to my new address.

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I'll take it. I'll pay with PayPal if that is o.k. PM me you information and I'll get this taken care of.

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stope4 its yours... PM sent

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Now that I bought this thing, how do you mount a tire on it?

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SOLD.. Thank you!!

I have never seen a complete assembly to know how the factory mounted the spare, anyone have any pictures they could share??

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Just curious, would one of these work in a Short Bed Fleetside? I think I saw one listed at LMC.

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Yes it will work on a shortbed. Mine had one on each side between the tailgate and wheel well area.

You need a J-bolt, plate w/hole, and a wingnut to hold the tire in place.

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Thank you.

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Subscribed ... I sold one to eightbanger and didnt have the hardware to mount the tire... I know he is looking for the hardware. Any pics ???

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I have one in my 3/4 ton truck too, and would love to see how the spare is mounted...

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You can also take a carriage bolt instead of a J-bolt and slide it through the slotted hole.

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May be a dumb question and I think I know but just to verify, What is a j-bolt?

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Sometime back I tried and tried to get a look at the original mounting hardware but nobody on here ever did come up with a pic. Surely someone must have an old truck with the original hardware still mounted?

Jeff

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Doesn't it use the same hardware as the underbed spare tire carrier?

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Nope, I tried that, nothing to keep the bolt from just spinning and its way to long. I am using that special nut on mine though.
I would guess that a carriage bolt would have been used originally, but that is just a guess.

Jeff

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Guy's I can help on this one , the J bolt washer and wing nut for a 67 68 69 camaro work's perfect , and probably isn't way off from correct ! I put this style in my 67 and I had a 67 camaro J bolt and it fit's perfect !
they sell those cheap on ebay all the time ,,

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I think that the spare in the bed on a fleetside look's classic , when I was searching for a truck if it had been a stepside I would have REQUIRED it to have the fender mounted spare , the fender mounted spare on a stepside is wayyyyyyyyyyyy cool !!

here is a pic of mine with the spare in the bed

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/p...hortbedc10.jpg

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Can you show us a pic of your setup?

Jeff

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19673ontree - are you meaning the j-bolt and wing nut for the camaro jack and tire?

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O.K. I found an original bolt for the underbed spare tire carrier. This bolt has a flat rectangle looking washer welded to the head of the bolt. This fits perfectly into the hole on this carrier. In other words it may be a match. Does anyone know what that little wing nut looks like for the underbed carrier? can you post a picture?

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Here you go guys. This bolt is exactly like the one I found with a under bed carrier. The head fits perfectly into the opening on the in-bed carrier. This auction is not me. I just happened to see it tonight and I think this is correct.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-1...1%7C240%3A1318

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That one is just like the one I am using now, it sticks out way to far. I myself don't believe that is what was originally used. Its correct for the under bed carrier though.

Jeff

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If you notice the person in the auction mentions to "cut to length as required". I guess the person could be reading this post and is trying to sucker someone in. Although I doubt it. Because of the way the head fits into the opening on the in-bed carrier, I'm thinking it may require that the bolt be cut.

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You may be right, the guy on the assembly line might have walked over to the bench put the bolt in a vice, grabbed a hacksaw and cut it off to the proper length. ;)

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I will also note that the bolt goes though the flat side of the bracket, not the slotted side, (see post 3) if you use the ebay bolt it will just spin. It was some kind of carriage bolt originally.

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Would these have been used for wood and metal beds?

I have one on my SWB wood bed I was going to sell.
Now I think it needs to be mounted to my SWB metal floor bed.

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Mine was mounted in a steel floor bed. I don't see why it wouldn't work in a wood floor also.