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Four
of the first series models sported external spare
wheels, or rather three had spare wheels, (Y5
Bentley,Y8
Morris and
the Y15 Rolls Royce) with the Y10
Mercedes
having two spare tyres mounted behind the rear
petrol tank. Almost
all of the later models had external spare wheels
or tyres the exception being the Y4
Shand Mason
(really a first series?), the Y8
Sunbeam
motor cycle, the Y1 Ford, the Y4
Opel and
the Y11 Lagonda, although the lagonda does show off
two instantly recognisable spare wheel carriers
either side of its bonnet.
On two of the
models (the Y2 Renault and the Y11
Packard)
the early spare tyre carriers had four prongs
keeping the tyre in place. However, these
carriers were replaced during the life of the
models with a three pronged version.
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The
four pronged carrier giving way to the
three pronged version |
Most of the other
models either had three pronged carriers or the
tyres/wheels mounted directly onto the body.
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