On the old buses with three seats up front, the spare lives happily under
the front seats. On the two seat style, the tire have to be relocated. The
wagons got it in the left side of the luggage compartment, but westys had
closets there. The options then would be somewhere on the outside, and the
front was the place where it was most out of the way. Roof, to far up.
Rear, covering the engine hatch.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i (with the spare inside, left rear)

Kent Christensen wrote:

> I always thought people did this on the old vans mostly to move the
> weight of the spare to the front.  That, of course, is not an issue
> with most Vanagons--maybe it's just the security of always knowing
> your spare is there.  Seems to me front mounting encourages vandalism.