spare tire bracket
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spare tire bracket
where would i find the spare tire carrier brackets for my '78 f100. when i bought the truck it did not have a spare tire carrier and i thought there was none made for it until i saw a '78 the other day with a spare tire on it.
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Local junkyards couldn't help me but a friend gave me the carrier off of a 72 that he acquired. He didn't have the hardware, just the bar itself. I got a piece of all-thread rod, some washers, and nuts all in stainless and made my own mounting solution, works like a charm.
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If you were up here, you could have the one I am pulling from under my truck. It will be getting the Bronco Fuel tank with more capacity and I like to store my spare in the bed of the truck anyhow.
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Local junkyards couldn't help me but a friend gave me the carrier off of a 72 that he acquired. He didn't have the hardware, just the bar itself. I got a piece of all-thread rod, some washers, and nuts all in stainless and made my own mounting solution, works like a charm.
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That's why I went with stainless. I figured the $30 I spent on hardware would be WELL worth it on the off chance that I ever had to use the stupid thing. The only "gotcha" to my solution is that it requires me to carry 2 wrenches of the appropriate size in the truck, but that's no big deal either. Got me a harbor freight special set of wrenches behind the seat and another one in the glove box. May not be the best wrenches in the world but they will get the job done when / if I need them.
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