32 rear spare tire cover challenge

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mercguy

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I've placed the B-1395-A black tire cover on the tire face and wrapped
the tire tread with the chrome cover. It has a small hole at each end.
Is there a spring or something that holds the tire cover tight? All the
pictures I have seen are obscured by the bumper. Is it correct to have
both the locking hub cap and band type wheel lock? Last year I purchase
a 32 V8 engine with a transmission. I could tell the trans was an early one.
It did not have the raised boss for the vin #. After cleaning all the dirt
off it was confirmed 18-439 . Would this place it in March of 32. Thanks
inquiring minds want to know
 
Here are the domestic production figures.Can you post pics of the engine (right and left as well as the front at the motor mounts)and right side of trans near the clutch shaft.?
 

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The nature of the formation of the outer band of the tire cover is more than enough to keep it and the face plate in place (unless your tire is much smaller than that for which the band was designed). No added spring was utilized and those holes that you mention likely were added post-production or your outer band was originally one that had stainless steel trim band on its perimeter.


For the '32s, locking spare wheel hubcaps were a late addition. The locking band accessory was available early in the model year and became more or less obsolete with the availability of the locking hub cap as it attached to the rear spare tire carrier and not to the hub cap. A separate band that attached to the locking hub cap was released at the time of the release of the locking hub cap. Theoretically, it prevented the theft of the tire while the locking hub cap prevented the theft of the wheel. The survival rate of the later band that attached to the cap is extremely low, which perhaps is not surprising given how long it would take a thief to steal an inflated tire off a wheel mounted on the back of a car.


If original, the oil pan on 18-439, along with the steady rod brackets on the sides of the engine block bell housing and the timing gear cover would be very rare survivors
 
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