1965 Dodge Dart Charger

65dartcharger said

Working on the exhaust system tonight gave me some new thoughts! Somewhere in this thread I asked where to put the hook for the bumper jack. Some comments gave me "check the owners manual. So that what I did! After going through the owners manual I found out that they have a different bumper jack compare to what I have in my cars. Was there different bumper jack in different plants?

So the BIG question remains; how the hook was stored? My guess is that it was placed on the bumper jack or the spare wheel was placed upside down. Otherwise it is too Little space for the hook.

Any pictures would be great to get the idea how it was done.

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The picture in the owner's manual would have been a generic photo to show the relative position of the various pieces. It was never meant to show the "exact" pieces for your car. As for the stowage, you're right, the spare is upside down in the tire well, with the jack base fitting in the registry hole of the wheel, and the hook on top of that. All of these pieces are also going through the long bolt with the carriage bolt type head that slips into the bracket in the floor of the tire well. There's a large wing nut that holds all of these pieces tightly together and then the masonite fits over top of all of that with the stamped steel dimpled piece sitting on the top of that carriage bolt with a small wing nut holding that retainer in place and the masonite.