I ground off the hinges from the van frame side, welded on 1" square
tubing and welded the hinges on it.
It works for 14" 205 tires.

>>> Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM> 11/21/2005 1:34 pm >>>
Bob,

What sort of mod did you do to fit your larger spare? I have 215/65
15's and I bent the hinges down a bit and also cut a curved piece of
metal out of the hinge support bar and my tire is still rubbing the
steering linkage.

Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy
On Nov 21, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> ... by the way, the spare tire is now stowed in the clamshell with
> some
> mods to that to accommodate the larger wheel/tire set up.
>
> Bob Stevens
> '87 Westy Syncro
> "Passion Fruit"