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I left mine on, But it has never held a spare tire since I bought the car back in '86, but it does carry a twelve pack of my favorite adult beverage with ice to car shows
Being the gas tank is directly above the tire tub, kinda hard to Bubba a totally new concept when the tub is held @the back by (2) drop down studs and a single lock @ the front
Last edited by walleyfisher; Nov 16, 2020 at 11:56 AM.
I suggest a local corvette dismantler/part seller. I was installing my new tub (I had it for 30 years just laying around) so I removed everything to clean and paint and whatnot. Nobody sells the "lid" new for the spare and mine has been broken for ages..... I ended up going to local corvette parts dismantler/seller and he had all kinds of stuff.... I could have bought everything there if I needed it. He let me have my pick of all the lids he had stacked up.
That's my suggestion and while I was at it I cleaned and painted the frame and stuff on the underside.
Originally Posted by Jokerb90
Anyone carry a spare without the tub? If so, pictures requested and how’d you mount it?
Thanks, I know I can source one...we’ll see what I come up with.
was thinking plastic wrapped wire rope and a skinny aluminum rim - of course it would have to be secure.
maybe I can get the winch type from a pick up mounted...
would be kind of nice to check psi by thumb gage w/o dropping cover. I am unlucky with flats and don’t want to sit waiting for a truck when I know I can fix it - kind of the saga of my car
Jokerb90
.....and here is the answer as to how things are mounted. Easy-peasy.... Mine does NOT have the locking case/cover/assembly (items #10 & #11). Pretty sure it's not worth re-inventing the wheel to fabricate a different spare tire carrying unit for your spare.
Last edited by carriljc; Nov 16, 2020 at 07:38 PM.
And run a mini/space saver spare- they do have them in 17" to clear my calipers/rotors- IIRC Chevy Equinox same bolt pattern - I'll have to check offset.
Plus they are cheap at the junkyard.
Probably all in for $50- tire /rim/mount
Originally Posted by general ike
Besides the Vette looks odd without a wheel tray when viewed from the rear. It needs something to fill that space. Ike
wont the muffler packs hugging the exposed tire affect it over time? or catch fire if it shifts over like an inch.
trucks with exposed tire have a more space from the tire to pipes.
I have mine but I use it as a trunk, I keep a bag in there with tools, spare hoses, and jumper cables. I run 18s so no spare, just keep a plug kit and tire kit off a challenger cheap and on ebay all day..
Besides the Vette looks odd without a wheel tray when viewed from the rear. It needs something to fill that space. Ike
Finally! We disagree.
Remember...my project was a basketcase when I bought it...
it would have cost $50,000 to get it back to "original" status.
Maybe it's the Biker gene, but I really like the looks of a clean/painted Vette rear suspension, minus the tub, since I was a kid.
The aftermarket rear suspensions are really sharp looking.
As other members said...a mini air compressor and tire plug kit works well if you delete the spare.
I will search ebay to get one of the "collapsible spare (tire) wheels" to keep my wife calm.
wont the muffler packs hugging the exposed tire affect it over time? or catch fire if it shifts over like an inch.
trucks with exposed tire have a more space from the tire to pipes.
What exhaust? Mine are on the side where Duntov thought they should be- not Ralph Nader!!!
Originally Posted by nyciti
I have mine but I use it as a trunk, I keep a bag in there with tools, spare hoses, and jumper cables. I run 18s so no spare, just keep a plug kit and tire kit off a challenger cheap and on ebay all day..
I used to do that- till I broke a rim. The times I did the longhaul -3K miles in a week on the Hotrod power tour- I had a spare AND tools packed in a garbage bag in the tub.
Originally Posted by general ike
That 70s cover is cool!! That would be a great find!! Ike
I'm looking at doing a diffuser type cover-sort of simular
wont the muffler packs hugging the exposed tire affect it over time? or catch fire if it shifts over like an inch.
trucks with exposed tire have a more space from the tire to pipes.
I have plenty of room with Allen’s chambered exhaust - no mufflers needed.
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