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Wait -- HERE it is! https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post13037936
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Is this shot of an actual truck or is it a prototype for the new "under-bed spare" option? Was that a normal place for the spare back then? Did they have to install some mock-up bumper brackets to make room? It looks like they removed the bumper so that the viewer could see the spare under the bed. The real brackets may have blocked the shot, so they made something to look like a bumper brackets?
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All 48-52's have the spare under there. Rear bumpers weren't even an option from the factory until '51. Believe me, having the spare under there isn't a selling point. The AD-series Chevies had it under there, but on a slide-out rack, very useful.
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