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Spare tire mounting
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| double ugly |
02-23-2006 07:54 AM |
Spare tire mounting
Can someone here tell me how the spare tire was fastened in the trunk? Pics?
Thanks,
John
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| strictlypersonl |
02-23-2006 11:29 AM |
SC or Street?
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| Power Surge |
02-23-2006 08:19 PM |
Pretty sure S/Cs never came with a spare :).
On the street cars, they had a different trunk floor tray, that was more recessed. The full size spare wheel fit snugly into the tray. I have seen some cars with hold down straps, but I am not sure that was original. Ron wuold probably know better.
Here's a pic of a street car trunk with spare (courtesy of csxinfo.net)..
http://csxinfo.net/427cobra/csx3112/images/DSC04074.JPG |
| Power Surge |
02-23-2006 08:21 PM |
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| PROFESSOR FATE |
02-24-2006 02:31 AM |
If you look at the photo that Power Surge provided from csxinfo.net, then imagine that there is no carpet on the floor, and everything in the trunk is sprayed with a can of Krylon gloss black paint; you will have a very good representation of an original street car setup. I don't believe that any of the cars had provisions for holddowns.
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| computerworks |
02-24-2006 05:23 AM |
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I don't believe there were any tie-points for hold-down straps.
The white car, pictured above (CSX3301) really can't be used as a benchmark for 'originality'. ( ;) )
In the street trunk, it looks like the spare just sat cradled in the well.
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| double ugly |
02-24-2006 06:05 AM |
Thank you all very much. I did find the street car on csx.net but didn't find the SC version.
Very helpful.
John
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| mickmate |
02-24-2006 11:45 AM |
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One more CSX 3282
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| Jim Maxwell |
03-02-2006 11:49 PM |
427 street cars did not have any hold down for the tire that I know of. Tire fits snugly in the tray. 289's did have a hold down rod and unusual threaded knob. Jim Maxwell
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| Nedsel |
03-05-2006 10:37 PM |
Jim - Oddly enough, 6111 (the AC 289) uses the standard 427 Cobra-type trunk in black fiberglass, but has the threaded hold-down with the same oddball nut as the 289 Cobra street cars.
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| Excaliber |
03-05-2006 11:14 PM |
Talk about skinny rubber! How in the heck did those things stay on the road.
...or did they? :LOL:
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| hssss |
06-12-2006 11:41 PM |
Not always. A lawyer friend and I were talking and he said (remember this is a lawyer) that there is a specific legal term which I don't remember that is used when the original purchaser of a vehicle dosn't live long enough to make the first payment and the 427 Cobra has the record.
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