Spare wheel fittings

[Dan Case]

f.y.i.
If the car is driven in a sporting manner with spare in place and or on rough roads the spare tire assembly will move around a lot. Over the decades owners of more than a few original cars have turned down the nuts so tightly that they bend the top discs and or break the fiberglass trays. The assembly will still move a lot. About 1985 I had a piece of 6061 T6 aluminum round bar stock turned to make sturdy tapered on one end helper for the top disc. With this tapered device holding against the wire wheel hub taper the spare tire nut doesn't have to be very tight to hold the wheel very much more securely.

I think I sent that drawing to mickmate also?????

Here's a picture of the one made circa 1985. I still have the original top disc in place and you see where it had gained a cupped shape by the time I got the car.