Does anyone know where the spare tire mounts and what the hardware looks like? My truck has never had a spare. I think because someone added a trailer hitch and got rid of the mounting hardware. I would like to get the correct stuff and re-install it. A picture of one on the truck would be helpful.

 

Spares are for cub-scouts (ie be prepared). Just kidding, I have no idea, but felt the need to chime in.
I don't have a spare or even a jack for my current truck [something I should add to my x-mas list maybe?].
The spare wouldn't fit in or on my pathfinder (32 x 11.50's), so I left it at home unless I went 'wheeling.
Knock wood. I carry an aerosol bottle of tire inflater/sealer and hope for no sidewall damage...

In all seriousness, it prolly mounted standing up in the box behind the driver...

If anyone has pics of where the jack goes and what it looks like, I would be appreciative. [post hijack!]

darrell

 

I was wondering the same thing about the spare tire location on my '67 F100 long bed, but figured it must be a stupid question! I'm glad somebody else asked. My truck is almost all original, and I haven't seen any suitable brackets inside the bed. Was it an option? Mine also has an aftermarket welded hitch and step bumper, but I still couldn't see how the spare would mount under the back end.

The jack goes under the hood, on top of the driver's side fender well. But why have a jack if there's no spare?

 

Spare tires for the most part were stored under the truck between the rear axle and bumper. A hanger configured like this |__| held it up tight to the bed. There was also an in bed mount that held the tire upright.

Bill will have a better description.



John

 

In addition to what John said, Flaresides were available (optional) with a left rear fender that had a half moon shaped cut-out where the spare was mounted.

The long bed Flaresides could have the spare tire mounted directly to the bedsides in front of the left or right rear fender.

Y'all know...of course that the spare tire was an option (I'm not kidding). It was also possible just to order the wheel itself.

 

So, you're saying that for a standard bed, there were two optional spare tire mounts. One mounted under the bumper, and the other mounted it upright inside the bed against the (left?) side wall. Were both of these kits bolt-in, or did they require welding?

In a quick flip through the factory manuals, I didn't see anything about them.

 

I've thought about mounting my spare with a lift like my 97 and 06 has for the spare, where you can lower it down with handle through a hole in the bumper. I wonder if anyone else has done this?

 

Ford offered a "Slide Out" underbed spare tire carrier kit (D3TZ1440A) on 1973/79 F100/250 2WD/4WD's as an option.

 

I don't think I've ever seen one of those. Did it work pretty well?

 

It worked much better than the stock unit, which requires that you lay on your back on the road while attempting to removing the two (usually caked with rust) J bolts that attach the T shaped tire carrier to the frame.

The J bolts thread into "blind nuts" (384581S) that slip onto the lip of the crossmember. Some trucks have just one J bolt, one long regular bolt that used a nut to attach it.

I just looked, no Ford Dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any of the D3TZ1440A kits.

There were two more of these optional accessory "Slide Out" spare tire carrier kits offered in the 1980's:

F100/150's (EOTZ1440A 15" wheels), and F250/350's (E0TZ1440B 16" wheels).

But the kits could only be used on these trucks without an aft axle fuel tank.

 

Bill, for the slide-out or drop down carrier, I guess the other proviso would be no class III trailer hitch and/or oversize tires?
darrell

 

There is no proviso for 1973/79. The only one that pertained to 1980/89's (according to the truck parts catalog) was without the aft axle fuel tank.

There was no such thing as "oversized" tires back then. There were larger tires available, but not the oversized P-Metric radials that some people install today.

Heck, Ford didn't even offer radial tires on F100/350's until the late 1970's, and these tires were optional at additional cost.

Most Ford trucks sold thru the mid 1980's came with bias-ply tires.

Ford didn't offer Class III trailer hitches back then. If someone wanted one, they had to go to U-Haul, or to places that sold trailers/campers.

Did'ja know that prior to 1991, more Ford trucks were sold as fleet vehicles than to the general public?

It was a different time back then. The mistake people make today is...they think all the stuff offered on today's trucks were offered on the older models.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

My kids are still intrigued by the fact that on the 67, you have to crank the windows up and down, and there are no power door locks, air conditioning, or carpet!!LOL!

 

Power windows/seats were not available on F100/350's until 1981, Bronco's got 'em in 1980. And, of course you had to pay extra for this jazz.

Today, all this power equipment is standard equipment on F150/350's as is A/C on everything except some fleet vehicles.

Sooner or later...someone will ask why Ford didn't offer a port for an MP3 player (whatever that is...I haven't a clue!) to plug into radios on trucks of this vintage.

Thru 1970 the only radio available was AM...as an option!

AM/FM's were offered beginning in 1971...extra cost of course. No AM/FM tape players (8 track) were available until 1980.

 

So does this mean that the spare tire carrier was on all 1968 F-100 pickups from the factory? Can someone that has one post a picture of it?