53-56 Was there ever a sparetire mount under the bed?

 

My 54 had it I took it out to make room for the gas tank.

 

YES--and I have the underside spare on my 53. I just blasted and painted the holder last week and mounted the new spare.
If anyone needs a mount for a 53-56-let me know.....I have a friend with 3-4 of them.
Bill

 

Can you send me pics of your mount. I have no idea what it even looks like.

I might me interested in please emial me pics and price.
mike_jennings@sd.vrtx.com

 

Lets see if this works, been having trouble posting pictures.

Good it worked.

 

DAVE BOLEY JUST GOT THE ONE I HAD AS IM INTENDING ON LOWERING IT EOUGH FOR IT TO BE "IN THE WAY " ooooopppppssss dain caps lock was on again .

 

My 1953 has one. And, I need to put it back on.

 

I ended up making my own mount, had some leftover steel and didnt want to lay it in the bed or have it hang on the side of the fender.
Ed

 

By the looks of the schematic above, I have the piece that fits between the frame rails and the drop down bolt (1471). If anybody has the rest they want to get rid of please let me know.

 

I have spoken to my buddy and he has sold the ones I knew of.
I do think I can get my hands on 2 more.....but will let you all know when. They are along shot..and the guy owes me money....so maybe I can get them. NO GUARANTEES.
Bill

 

Ok I'm going to be brave like Merten and try to post pictures again (I think they got it fixed).



This may be a Bonus Built carrier, but I think they were all basically the same.

LMC sells a repro kit for about $100. Here's the link to the page:

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fa/full.aspx?page=23

 

Thanks for the link Julie. Does yours run perpendicular with the frame rails or is it just the angle of the picture.

 

If your not int original,I put a cable wench type from a GM pick up under the panel.with a hole through the roll pan for the Handel, less work then the stock setup.

 

Actually, the picture I posted is of one I collected when I was gathering ideas for my truck. As the stock mount is, it is perpendicular to the frame but offset by about 5 degrees. One bolt anchors the set up and the other one locks it in place. When the lock bolt wing nut is removed, the mount will swivel out a little allowing access to the tire.

On my truck, I got a flat tire once and realized a couple things. Driving home from a flight in a shirt and heels in the rain is not the time to be on your knees behind your truck on the freeway reaching for that danged spare.

So, my dad built this on the passenger side about a year (or two) ago (just got the Continental kit back from chrome!) for me. It used to be a stock fender (trivia: there were no indented back fenders on 1/2 ton Ford pick-ups until 1956 - true- others were either modified from existing fenders or replaced by 56/larger truck fenders.)

The fender dish has the original piece that was cut out of it, it has pins on it and can be reinstalled to make the fender look whole, when the spare is not on the truck. I call it the "Cadillac Cover" (to go with the Continental Kit - cute huh?)





That turquoise (1953 Olds "Royal Marine Blue") and White are my final colors by the way.

 

Mine is original and at an angle. Hope that helps.