Purely a guess, but I could see owners of 53 and earlier trucks asking their
dealers to install a side mount spare tire carrier (which the dealer
certainly could have ordered from the factory) after the option first became
available. I could also see the owners requesting that the carrier be
installed on the passenger side for safety reasons. If you are going to be
removing a spare from one of these carriers, it would certainly be safer to
be working on the off road side.
I know some members think this discussion is probably going on too long, but
I love this kind of historical research/speculation.
Jeff Nelson
1953 3600
Paducah, KY
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> From: Tom3600@webtv.net[SMTP:Tom3600@webtv.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 8:54 AM
> To: jnelson@paducah.k12.ky.us
> Cc: deve@wwwebservice.net; oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Re: Side Mount Spare Tire
>
> Jeff -
>
> I agree with you on the '53+ models but we are still trying to figure
> out why some apparently stock 3600 trucks have a left side mount spare
> tire.
>
>
> Tom Poterack
> '49 Chevy 3600
> http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/wayne/tom49.jpg
>
>
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