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Spare tire hold down question

Jeff Ferrante

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Silly question time. 71 Challenger convertible, Am I missing the spare tire hold down. also should there be a bracket or something near the tail lights for the jack to slide into?
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I guess its safe to say my trunk pan was replaced during the restoration.
 

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It would seem that way, I will have to figure something out, I dont like driving around without a spare
 

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There is another piece tacked to the top of the D/S wheel housing that the jack post rests on. You may want to check to see if that’s missing (if they put in a new wheel housing).

I’m missing the jack mounts on one of my cars too. All those pieces are available in repro. I just need to get them welded. Shouldn’t be too hard to touch up the paint after welding. Let me know if you need help finding the repro pieces.
 

Jeff Ferrante

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Wheel housing bracket is still there, When I sold my Green Go 72 Charger a few years ago I gave the guy three rattle cans of Green Go because "I was never going to need it" LOL
 

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Not too worried about the jack, because I dont have one... and I Dont think I would use a bumper jack with the painted bumpers. Was planning on hiding a scissor jack under a spare tire cover
 

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It looks like you are missing the shock access holes at the front of the trunk floor pan? On a 71, the holes should be on the front of the humps facing into the trunk. It looks like they installed a trunk pan that needed to have the holes drilled.
 

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Good eye, Looks like they went with the $250 pan instead of the $400 pan.
 
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