1973 Corvette Stingray, 454 Big Block
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Remove Spare Tire Carrier

This must be pretty simple, I thought. And, lucky as I am, it was! Here are some pictures

view with spare tire carrier

I had to remove three screws:

  • One that is used when using the spare tire
  • Two that hold the front end of the carrier
spare tire screws

You will not believe it but when I opened the spare tire carrier I found the
original spare tire! (I think)

spare tire

The first part that I took off, the carrier

Me with spare tire carrier

After taking off the spare tire carrier I had a good view to the more technical parts of the rear. The 9-leaf leaf spring, the differential and the half shafts

Rear technical view

And also I had a good view to the tank which is located above the spare tire carrier. It is important to know that original Corvette gas tanks show a big A logo for O.L. Anderson

View to tank