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steve fritz · 11-15-2025, 11:19 AM

Trying to help a friend restore his really nice original 49 coupe. Wondering what spare tire hold down hardware was original for that car? No info could be found in my 49 - 69 illustration manual, the wagon an t bird had illustrations , not the passenger car.
Anybody have a nice original that could post some closeup pictures up pictures of the spare tire stowage hardware? Thanks in advance.

nelsb01 · 11-15-2025, 11:57 AM

This should help you

petehoovie · 11-15-2025, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by nelsb01

This should help you

tubman · 11-15-2025, 01:06 PM

Maybe '49's are different, but every "shoebox" I have owned used the jack base as the hold down for the spare.

nelsb01 · 11-16-2025, 01:16 AM

Wouldn't the bolt have to be longer?
I had to go move things around in the storage building to get this photo, so I'm not going to run out there and look if my jack base will fit right now.
Since my 1949 was a very original vehicle, I don't think that the 'little old school teacher' who owned it would have replaced the base with this bracket........
But, as we know, stranger things have happened.

Randy in ca · 11-16-2025, 02:47 AM

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Any I've seen have been as shown in the above picture by nelsb01.

Cecil/WV · 11-21-2025, 10:36 AM

My unrestored '50 is like Nelsons!

11-15-2025, 11:19 AM	#1
steve fritz Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: onalaska , wisconsin Posts: 536	1949 Ford Spare Tire Hold Down Trying to help a friend restore his really nice original 49 coupe. Wondering what spare tire hold down hardware was original for that car? No info could be found in my 49 - 69 illustration manual, the wagon an t bird had illustrations , not the passenger car. Anybody have a nice original that could post some closeup pictures up pictures of the spare tire stowage hardware? Thanks in advance.

11-15-2025, 01:06 PM	#4
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 12,134	Re: 1949 Ford Spare Tire Hold Down Maybe '49's are different, but every "shoebox" I have owned used the jack base as the hold down for the spare.

11-16-2025, 01:16 AM	#5
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 870	Re: 1949 Ford Spare Tire Hold Down Wouldn't the bolt have to be longer? I had to go move things around in the storage building to get this photo, so I'm not going to run out there and look if my jack base will fit right now. Since my 1949 was a very original vehicle, I don't think that the 'little old school teacher' who owned it would have replaced the base with this bracket........ But, as we know, stranger things have happened.

11-16-2025, 02:47 AM	#6
Randy in ca Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,901	Re: 1949 Ford Spare Tire Hold Down Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Any I've seen have been as shown in the above picture by nelsb01.

11-21-2025, 10:36 AM	#7
Cecil/WV Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gerrardstown, WV Posts: 2,303	Re: 1949 Ford Spare Tire Hold Down My unrestored '50 is like Nelsons!