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Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:50 am

Who tell me what is it ???

Thanks for your help,
Fred

Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:31 am

I believe it was a mount that allowed you to lock you spare tire to the body via one of the lugnut holes so no one could steal it.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:23 pm

johnshenry wrote: I believe it was a mount that allowed you to lock you spare tire to the body via one of the lugnut holes so no one could steal it.

I would agree with that. Porsches of the period used a strap.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:28 pm

I see the logic but isn't that kind of pointless? Don't most people also keep the lug wrench/tools in the trunk? Maybe it's not meant for theft-deterrent but for securing the tire during upside-down aerial maneuvers?

Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:39 pm

ok : so the wheel settle as it, but how it am fixed? a nut of wheel? anybody else has it??

Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:21 pm

i do have the same part as you , and i think it is for keeping the rattle of the wheel away .

btw: what an ugly brake fluid reservoir you have !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:49 pm

Interesting when they were made. My April '51 car doesn't have it, but my September '51 car does. Let's narrow this down while we're here. Anybody?

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:01 pm

December 51 does not, nor does April 52.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:28 pm

My June '51 std. DOES have it.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:35 pm

So far between June and December of '51 only.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:37 pm

Mine is like super late December.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:42 pm

I bet it coincides with a date with other changes.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:42 pm

I think you are supposed to lock the tire to it with a padlock. THAT would keep people from stealing it.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:44 pm

It was added in 1947 so the spare could be secured with a lock and chain.

Mike

Splitdog wrote: So far between June and December of '51 only.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:08 pm

Then they started it, stopped it, and started it again before stopping it. Here is a pic of a '49 at Lenny's shop.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:20 pm

My 1-51 standard has it.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:55 pm

My car is a 9/51... and it doesnt have it :?

Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:21 pm

If the front storage area locks, it is not as important to have the bracket.
Could it be a std. vs. dlx kind of item?

Mike

Slowlow wrote: My car is a 9/51... and it doesnt have it :?

Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:46 pm

Steven's January '51 standard has it, but my April '51 deluxe doesn't. My September 5th, '51 deluxe does.

Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:57 pm

Splitdog wrote: Steven's January '51 standard has it, but my April '51 deluxe doesn't. My September '51 deluxe does.

Yeah, seems funny, not a continuous string of months based on the reports here. Maybe it was a market thing?