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tcb-1 · 09-24-2007, 09:37 PM

mounted just a spare wheel and center cap on my side mount bed? looking through the truck assembly manual it appears that the suburbans were sometimes shipped with a spare wheel, but no tire mounted on it.

were stepsides ever shipped this way? I have new Corvette Rallyes on the way and they are completely powdercoated so they look nice even inside the rim.

just wondering

**Palf70Step** · 09-24-2007, 09:58 PM

Do you mean like these, or mounted on the inside of the bed?

Personally I like the beds with the spare and fender cut out. Many don't though.

69halfton · 09-24-2007, 10:04 PM

i think that without the tire, the rim would be too far from the dent in the fender and it might look dumb.
Just my opinion though...

basketcase · 09-24-2007, 10:08 PM

Back then a spare wheel and tire were optional. If you ordered a spare tire you got the wheel too but if you just ordered the wheel that's all you got. I remember new stepsides on the lot with just a wheel mounted on the side mount. It was very common to find just a bare wheel on the under bed mount too.

The question is: what good is a wheel with no tire? Back then people would put a used tire on the new wheel to save money but they did put on a tire.

Tom

tcb-1 · 09-24-2007, 10:08 PM

70step. You my friend just gave me inspiration again. my 69 is the same 504 medium olive as the first pic and the second says to me that a side mount can actually look quite custom. the side mount spare is probably the largest love/hate option on our year of trucks.

thanks for the pics!

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Do you mean like these, or mounted on the inside of the bed?

Personally I like the beds with the spare and fender cut out. Many don't though.

tcb-1 · 09-24-2007, 10:11 PM

I think you have the answer I need. I think it would leave to much of a gap as well. may try it, but just for kicks......

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Originally Posted by 69halfton

i think that without the tire, the rim would be too far from the dent in the fender and it might look dumb.
Just my opinion though...

ChevLoRay · 09-24-2007, 10:15 PM

Ever see one with spares on both sides?? I seem to recall seeing some in my distant past.....and I mean distant. May not have been on anything newer than the 55 first series.

**DREW67** · 09-24-2007, 10:41 PM

Doug they don't make cut-out fenders no more keep original it will look great.

Brock · 09-24-2007, 11:07 PM

doesn't that defeat the purpose of having the SPARE?!?

bigdon-70blazer · 09-24-2007, 11:12 PM

Keep the spare and the tire, bro! I think you should buy another complete wheel set up and use that up there. May have to lock it in somehow. Wife is gonna love that!

*steveshow* · 09-24-2007, 11:14 PM

I remember a truck a fe yrs back that had a van type cover over the tire on the side. i personally did not care forit, but it looked different.

**special-K** · 09-25-2007, 06:09 AM

Custom-mount one on the other side,too.It`s a throw-back to when the upscale cars ran dual spares just to balance out the look.
I think just a wheel would look dorky and just bring alot of,:what`s up with the wheel?" questions.A conversation piece,for sure.

Bishops Trucks · 09-25-2007, 07:38 AM

Get another Corvette ralley wheel and put a tire on it. It will look sharp.

gotchevys? · 09-25-2007, 02:49 PM

I personally don't care for the spare tire fender, but that green 67 looks cool. I don't recall seeing one like that before.

Longhorn Man · 09-25-2007, 04:06 PM

putting one on the passenger side would create quite a blinde spot IMO, thats why they were always on the drivers side.

heavy71chevy · 09-25-2007, 05:11 PM

man..anyone know what color the custom greenone is....that color kinda grows on you

**Palf70Step** · 09-25-2007, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by heavy71chevy

man..anyone know what color the custom greenone is....that color kinda grows on you

Honestly, no...I took that picture at the Pigeon Forge show back in May 2003 It is bright, but I do like it.

heavy71chevy · 09-25-2007, 06:10 PM

ok its cool man...it almost looks like it could glow in the dark lol

thewishartkid · 09-27-2007, 10:10 PM

There was a time if you ordered a new chevy with a spare wheel you got no back bumper,But if you got the Factory bumper you got no spare wheel.Or something like that!(thats what my dad always told me) I like the side mounted spare,you dont have to crawl under the truck to get a Dirty-Muddy spare down in the dark!(all flats happen at night in the rain don't they)?

ChevLoRay · 09-30-2007, 09:16 AM

Saw something on the home page with my name on it and I re-read this post. Got a weird idea.....with all of the different items mounted on a hitch reciever, why not a mount for a spare tire/wheel? Kind of a continental kit....sorta. Cheesy? Yeah....did you think it wouldn't be? But there has to be someone out there who has done it.....just to be different.

bad6772 · 09-30-2007, 09:27 AM

please no cont kit....ever on a truck......lol

09-24-2007, 09:37 PM	#1
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09-24-2007, 09:58 PM	#2
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basketcase Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Edgerton OH USA Posts: 627	Re: Stepside Question. Would it look crazy if I..... Back then a spare wheel and tire were optional. If you ordered a spare tire you got the wheel too but if you just ordered the wheel that's all you got. I remember new stepsides on the lot with just a wheel mounted on the side mount. It was very common to find just a bare wheel on the under bed mount too. The question is: what good is a wheel with no tire? Back then people would put a used tire on the new wheel to save money but they did put on a tire. Tom __________________ '69 swb stepside in progress. '59 Corvette lifetime project

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ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: Stepside Question. Would it look crazy if I..... Ever see one with spares on both sides?? I seem to recall seeing some in my distant past.....and I mean distant. May not have been on anything newer than the 55 first series. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

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09-25-2007, 04:06 PM	#15
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thewishartkid Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Morrisville, Missouri Posts: 66	Re: Stepside Question. Would it look crazy if I..... There was a time if you ordered a new chevy with a spare wheel you got no back bumper,But if you got the Factory bumper you got no spare wheel.Or something like that!(thats what my dad always told me) I like the side mounted spare,you dont have to crawl under the truck to get a Dirty-Muddy spare down in the dark!(all flats happen at night in the rain don't they)? __________________ KIDs in the front seat cause accidents,Accidents in the backseat cause KIDs! If it aint short,It aint Sh#t! I like El Caminos

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