Author Topic: Dearborn assembly line jack mounting  (Read 344 times)

Offline cobrajet_carl

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Dearborn assembly line jack mounting
« on: July 11, 2022, 08:55:56 PM »
So I have searched all around and I can't seem to get a consensus on how the jack and spare tire was mounted for the regular and styled steel wheel. Scott Fuller has a table but it conflicts with both the MPC and 70 Assembly manual for 69 and 70. The MPC shows a J hook through 5/69 that is 6 1/2" long and then after 8 3/4" but then 70 goes back to the 6 1/2" bolt which seem unlikely. So the question is, for a regular wheel: jack under the wheel, valve side down and 6 1/2" bolt? For the styled steel wheel jack on top, valve side up, 8 3/4" bolt? Or randomly done on any given day?

https://www.scottfullerreproductions.com/sparetirejbolts.html

EDIT: This is what is in the trunk of my unrestored Dearborn mach built on November 13th. Jack is date coded October 69 and is a pinch weld type. Bolt is 8 3/4" and is almost too long.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2022, 11:40:25 PM by cobrajet_carl »
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