Side Mounted Spare Tire Carrier

Were these standard equipment or an option for a 1967 CJ5?

 

Don't know about '67, but I have the original dealer sales invoice for my '57 CJ5.

It came with a side mount, not listed among the options.

 

I just had a 66 that was definitely original on the side.

 

The pages below are from a salesmens' Jeep Data Book from late 1965 showing the '66 model year jeeps. Both standard and optional equipment are listed.

Note that under Optional Equipment > Miscellaneous it lists a tailgate-mounted spare tire carrier (which may have been a dealer-installed aftermarket item, like the roll bars initially were a few years later). The side-mounted spare tire carrier is not specifically mentioned on either list. However, based on the fact that the standard equipment included 5 wheels and tires, it is very probable that the side-mounted spare carrier was likewise standard:

 

The side mount spare tire was standard on the CJ5 from1955 to 1983.

 

From the pages above, what are “Front Bumper Bar Weights”?

 

Counterweights, similar those used on tractors.

 

Will a Jeep really benefit from something like that?

 

The FC150 trucks also had an optional rear counterweight, I'm guessing to improve handling/stopping?
-Donny

 

I've heard to prevent nosedive on braking.

 

Or this?

 

I don't think they were optional. A 150 is totally undriveable without one.

 

where do you find this stuff?

 

LOL....

Mostly on eBay, but sometimes places that sell automotive literature have stuff like this too.

I've managed to collect quite a bit of it over the years!