I don't think I've ever seen a Syncro, passenger or camper, that had the
spare tire any where except under the front.  That is where mine is.

Brad Spear
Burnsville, Minnesota
'72 Westy
'87 Syncro GL

In a message dated 04-01-2000 14:38:55 PM Central Standard Time,
lindgre@ONLINE.NO writes:

> Ron Lussier wrote:
>
>  > Chayan,
>  >
>  > In the U.S., we have a storage for the spare tire under the front of the
>  > van, roughly centered behind the front bumper.  It's a round, tire-shaped
>  > pan if you look up into the van.
>
>  As a general rule, only the campers got the spare tire under the front
end,
> as
>  the rear location was inapropriate combined with the closets. The 88
Syncro
> I
>  previously owned was a camper, it had the spare under the front end, the 87
>  8-pax I have now has it in the rear, over the engine.
>
>  The front mounted spare was a M-option, it was M 343 and if so it should be
>  printed on the M-list on your vehicle. To see the whole list, go to my web
> site
>  @ http://members.tripod.com/perlindgren/ and you'll find it under the rear
>  engine section.
>
>  PerL
>  87 Syncro 112i
>