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What do you do with your spare tire?
If you have a gas tank in the rear of your PU, what do you do with the spair tire?
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What spare? It's in a can behind the seat.
------------------ Frisco, Tx '68 C-10 LWB, '98 Z-71 350 w/accessories (Serpentine), Edelbrock Performer, Edelbrock 1405 (600cfm) carb, GM HEI, CompCam Extreme 4x4 roller cam, Thorley Headers, Carter Electric Fuel Pump, Vintage Air, 700r4, 3.73, disc brakes and power steering upgrades. Way too much money and time invested..But it's a hobby. |
Same place it always has, right behind me. My stepside has the side mounted spare. Probably not what you were looking for. The mounted spare is listed on my options list on the glove box door. Did many of the stepsides come without the side mounted spare, or have y'all replaced the left fenders with one that doesn't have the indention for the spare?
Thanks, ------------------ Tim Rich Kennesaw, GA 72 Stepside 65 Must@ng |
LOL fix a flat!
------------------ Charles W. Hein S. Williamsport PA imaindianoutlaw@yahoo.com REFRIGERATION TECH 1971 Rolling chassis FOR SALE 1963 Pontiac Tempest 1965 Pontiac GTO {SOLD} 1956 Pontiac 2 dr complete for parts |
I try to keep it covered with my shirt...
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"Spare tires are highly overrated!" LOL...covered with your shirt...that's funny!
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Spare tires are over-rated.
------------------ '69 CST Short fleetside Lowered, 400 small block, 700R4, 4 wheel disc brakes, front & rear sway bars See my truck at: http://www.geocities.com/low69cst/ Student at the University of Kentucky. Feel free to message me on AOL, SN- SS95ZQ8 My Dad's projects: 72 Short Fleet 4x4 Chyenne Super 72 Long Fleet 4x4 Chyenne Super Both 350 autos restored original |
I carry a spare set of sneakers!
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Mine's on the side of the stepside box as well.
------------------ "In the words of Motley Crue, This will always be my home sweet home" Ol' Buck: '72 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 shortbox stepside 350/350auto on '84 ralleys and 31/10.5s Angel girl: 67 Cutlass convertible 330, 3spd stick Greener: 90 GMC Jimmy 350/auto Chad Stephens Orleans,NE no name yet: 72 442 under serious construction my site: http://communities.msn.com/Beastonabudget/homepage |
My spare apparently is a great place to store extra nails. This seems like a popular thing to do, most of the cars I've had are like this.
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Just laying in the bed, waiting to be stolen. LOL
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Sliding around in the bed.
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Mine's in the bed, which is dumb. I don't carry a tire iron or jack. But at least it ain't takin' up space in the garage.
------------------ 56 Studebaker 2 dr Wagon 66 Chevelle 2 dr 4 speed 71 C30 Longhorn 86 Monte Carlo SS 96 Tahoe |
I don't even own a spare. lol, I go with the old can behind the seat thing too. If that fails, hell that's what I pay AAA for
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Leaning against the side of the dog house.
Extra sneakers! I like that! Darren |
My spare tire?
My wife keeps telling me that if I drank less beer it would go away. I think she's right. ------------------ Scrub 70 GMC 1,000,000 + miles 72 K-20 project, 456 Dana60 front, Corp14 rear w/locker, 265R19.5 tires 20-ply. Warn 12k winches both ends, Cross-over steering with raised tie-rod, Powerbox steering, 4500 watt 120-AC power, Air, Hydraulic aux power, 4 inch lift, 5000 lb air-bags both ends. |
I'm with Scrub and b68gmc on this one!
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Mines just laying in the bed.
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Mine is inbetween my big plastic box that is bolted to the floor, and the bed rail...but it is flat though.
------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. E-mail longhornmail@yahoo.com My name is Andy...not Randy...I'm in Ohio...Not Illinois...close enough? Columbus Ohio |
Mine is in my shed,,carry a can of "fix-a-flat" in everything I own.
------------------ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi Killingworth, Connecticut |
Mine is in the bed.. It's flat though. LOL.
------------------ 72 C-10 Custom Deluxe LWB, 2WD, 350 700r4, Holley 600 UNITED STATES ARMY - ALASKA "Rangers lead the way!, Medics bring them back!" |
NO spare tire in the truck! Never had a a need for it in the 10 years I've owned it.
The car and van do have spares and have had flats in both of them... go figure. ------------------ Pictures and more... piston@zkast.com '71 LWB 350/350T, PS/PB Special options? Yes, RUST... Need some? ------------------------------------------ Webmaster/Team owner www.zkast.com Garrett - Olathe, Kansas |
Sliding around in the bed, and flat. Also have no jack or tire iron in the truck! I've walked many a mile for various reasons, thanks to this truck, so what's a few more? hahaha!
The tires I have on the truck are pretty thick, so I think it would take something pretty heavy duty to pop 'em! ------------------ 1970 GMC 1500, 350ci, 3 in a tree http://members.tripod.com/~Jungleman_2/1970GMC.html Vancouver, B.C. |
4x4 has a old bias firestone in the bed (firestone and bias, im sure you know why its in the bed) but the actual spare is on the truck right now, split rim with good-year wrangler MT
------------------ J.B. Barren County, Kentucky 1970/71/72 Chevy K20 Cheyenne 4x4, 355 small block, flat tops, quadrajet with jets bored, headers, HEI, lotsa chrome, SM465, NP205, Eaton corp full floater rear, Dana 44 front 1971 Chevy Custom 10 going on Cheyenne Super 20 2wd 1/2 ton, 305 from 80 `bird (fire, not thunder)3 speed in floor, plans include nice chrome wheels, 3/4 ton suspinsion, 355, and 4 speed bulldog. 1972 Chevy Custom 10 will be 350 crate, auto, wood floor bed, bone stock 1970 Chevy C10 factory 6 cyl 3 speed short step, turned to parts truck, in future will either be drag truck or longstep work truck |
Mine used to be in my bed then this year I hooked up one of those factory style underbed carriers and I love it so far. Sure beats it scraping around in the box. I have used my spare once only.
------------------ 1969 Chevrolet Custom Camper 20 350/400 70k original miles, 99% rust free, Never winter driven :) They have the Internet on Computers now? --Homer Simpson "Of all the things I miss, I miss my mind the most" - OZZY Gee_Emm's Page Vote for my truck to be on the label of a bottle of Jones Soda!!! :) |
I had a spare tire sliding around in my bed, but it got flat so i threw it out. Not it is leaning up against our wood pile. I don't usually have a problem with flats on my truck anywan (knock on wood). People in my area are pretty nice and will let a stranger like me use the phone if i knock on the door http://67-72chevytrucks.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif.
------------------ Lucas "Another proud owner of one of the coolest trucks ever built" drop_shift@hotmail.com My Daily-Driver: '72 Chevy LWB Custom/10. Rebuilt 350, roughly 300 HP thanks to a 204/214 duration cam, Edelbrock Performer intake and 1406 carb, headers, and 40 seires Flowmaster mufflers. Ochre with a white top. Lots of fun :). |
Almost forgot, in all reality to answer the Q, I have it strapped to the bed with the ever-so-important Bungie Cord. (this flat spare looks 10 times better than either of my front tires)
http://longhorntrucks2.freeservers.c...sparholder.jpg ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. E-mail longhornmail@yahoo.com My name is Andy...not Randy...I'm in Ohio...Not Illinois...close enough? Columbus Ohio [This message has been edited by longhornmail (edited May 23, 2002).] |
Insurance company gives me roadside assistance and I have a cell phone. No spare, jack, or even fix O flat.
------------------ "KEEP IT DOWN!" 70 Jimmy 454 2wd 56 GMC Big Window |
Here's mine on my 71 Blazer.I'm sure it would work on a pickup...but prob. wouldn't look right though.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...9/fe250574.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...e/fe250708.jpg ------------------ "71"blazer,rust free(bought in Arizona),350SBC (375HP),700R4,factory G.M. TPI.Living in Santa Barbara,California.Ongoing project. [This message has been edited by BobbyK (edited May 24, 2002).] [This message has been edited by BobbyK (edited May 24, 2002).] |
Nice, did you make that?
------------------ My name is Randy too! (not the one from Illinois) hehe WWW.Randysrods.freeservers.com 1970 Chevy C-10 shortstep 1930 Ford Model A Coupe 4 inch chop, 350, GMC 671 blower-Hell yeah it's fast! 1987 Harley Sportster 2002 Harley Dyna Wide Glide Virginia Beach, VA. |
Bobby that is sharp. Might have to save those pics for further reference. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif
------------------ 67 stepside 4x4 Owensville MO mudder67@hotmail.com |
I don't have one; I haven't run with one since the last time I pulled it out... I looked at it, and realized it wasn't even effin' round, not to mention being 1" taller than my rears and 2" taller than my fronts (where it won't fit either due to brake clearance issues)...so I just pulled it and the carrier to save weight. I do have a jack and wrench in the truck, along with a can of fix-a-flat, but I have yet to need any of it.
------------------ Project 1970 - soon to be seen at http://milhouse.treylis.org:81/ |
Randy70C-10,yup...I designed,cut and fit it all together then had a friend TIG weld it up for me.
You can see more detailed pic's here: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292331995 ------------------ "71"blazer,rust free(bought in Arizona),350SBC (375HP),700R4,factory G.M. TPI.Living in Santa Barbara,California.Ongoing project. |
Mines on my truck where it should be, under the rear of the bed , but mines also all origional.
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I think it's ryan68 who put an upside down bed wheel well in the back of his box so the spare could sit upright yet down low enough so it can't be seen. He posted some pictures of it a while ago. It's pretty cool.
------------------ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. 327 4-Speed. 48,000 miles. 1990 2wd plain jane Burb. Bismarck, ND See My truck and rare 1967 prototype pictures at: http://community.webshots.com/user/toms68cst MSN Messeger: toms68cst@hotmail.com |
mine's in the back of the bed...
wanna get it back under the bed sometime soon... i also carry around a couple cans of fix a flat as well as the tire repair kits with them sticky worm things... ------------------ beat it to fit, paint it to match... http://www.geocities.com/maggotspawn/gearhead.html |
Here's the tip.Mrs.Panel has a cell phone in case she has problems while she's out.I have a cell phone in case she has a problem while she's out and I'm out also.So I just put my spare in mrs.Panels Blazer and so when I have a flat (if ever Knock on wood),I can call Mrs.Panel to come bring it.
It doesn't bounce around in the truck,it can't be stole4n easily and it doesn't take up room in my truck. If I ever have a flat I will post the cost of having to have Mrs.Panel bring me my spare.At least she won't have to dig around in the garage and bring the wrong one. ------------------ Deland does Chevys 68Chevy panel(LIZ) "A man and his truck,it's a beautiful thing" "I have the body of a god,unfortunately it's Budda" |
Mines been under the bed for so long its growing rubber !!!!!! I think its the factory one.
------------------ 69 C-10 SWB OWNED 16 YRS 350,350 TURBO,3.73 POSI, BLACK,BURGUNDY INT., ELEANOR,WEST "ALMOST HEAVEN" VIRGINIA ____ 67-72 RUN FOREVER ---- # 3 AND DEI INC. RACE FOREVER |
I saw a picture of a truck with the spare in front of one of the wheel wells. He had used another wheel well and turned it upside down and dropped it through the floor. It hides the tire completely.
------------------ 70 C-10 350 with weind intake,eldelbrock carb,HEI,305 heads,a mild cam. also a blazer tank w/bed fill,shaved stake pockets and tailgate |
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