I was able to get a spare tire carrier off of my Dad's old Aero-star that I scrapped. I lined it up on the F-1 frame in the same location as the original carrier. Had to add angle iron crossmembers to support it.


I didn't want to put a hole in the rear splash in order to access the crank on it so I decided to go through the rear floor. This way the spare can be let down without having to get down on the ground.


I got a sink drain to use through the hole


I got a 90 degree drill adapter and removed the chuck, i then welded a nut onto the threaded end, this will go in the crank tube. The nut was ground to an oval so it would catch in the tube.


I attached it to the drain with PVC pipe and fittings.


And here it is installed.


A 5/8 deep socket is used to crank down the spare.
Total cost was about $25.

 

that there is really trick. good job.

 

Way to re-purpose things! Great idea on the crank setup.

Do you have any more pics of the mount and how it fits in the frame?

 

I didn't get any more pictures of it while I had the body off, but I'll try to show you the set-up.

The carrier was trimmed as marked.


Carrier was centered on the original tire carrier Eye bolts and centered side to side.


I added the angle iron where needed to hold it. If this doesn't give enough to go on let me know and I'll try to get better pics.

 

Very clever! Plumbing parts to the rescue!

 

A = Aerostar.

Left pic: 1986/97 same / Right pic: 1989/97 same.