Spare tire well
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Re: Spare tire well
No, it's a Piper Cherokee 150C.
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Very Nice!!
Your fiberglass skills are way beyond mine.
Regards
Your fiberglass skills are way beyond mine.
Regards
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Hey Bob - where can I find a pre-made spare tire well for a 1957 Thunderbird?T-Bird Bob wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:21 am Hello Claudine,
No the '55 doesn't have a spare tire well. The spare lies flat on the trunk floor on the rear right corner of trunk.
This is why customers complained back in 1955 about small trunk space and Ford moved the spare outside into the continental kit.
You can buy a pre-made well for a 1957, but deck lid clearance will not allow you to fit an actual wheel (Otherwise Ford would have probably done it in 1956 as they finally did in 1957, but see how the changed the shape of the deck lid).
Now you ask why the fuel tank is not full width? I have no Idea, I bet it is a Fairlane tank.
Have fun!
Bob
Thanks in advance,
Dan
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The 57s aren't available right now.
This one can be modified to work.
This one can be modified to work.
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Hello Fairlane,
Sorry, I was operating with outdated information. I thought they were available some years ago when I was toying with the same idea.
Jim is probably tight.
The part he mentions is shown on several hotrod pages online and I bet it is some sort of generic part. Taking into account the deck-lid clearance issue, You have to adapt all the stuff anyways.
I just gave up the idea of a vertical spare tire because I realized I never need trunk space in a weekend-cruiser.
Have fun!
Bob
Sorry, I was operating with outdated information. I thought they were available some years ago when I was toying with the same idea.
Jim is probably tight.
The part he mentions is shown on several hotrod pages online and I bet it is some sort of generic part. Taking into account the deck-lid clearance issue, You have to adapt all the stuff anyways.
I just gave up the idea of a vertical spare tire because I realized I never need trunk space in a weekend-cruiser.
Have fun!
Bob
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"and I bet it is some sort of generic part".
It is not identical to the 57 well and would require some cutting and rewelding.
It is not identical to the 57 well and would require some cutting and rewelding.