Spare Tire Bracket

I have seen some cars such as HotShot have a spare mounted onto the rear deck. Is this an accessory that could of been ordered or have people fabricated these brackets?  Thanks, I am about 4 day old member and crosley owner.
 

Welcome aboard - that spare tire - continental spare - came on the Hotshot and Super Sports roadsters from the factory. There is a bracket mounted on the deck that some owners (and at least one dealer that Iknow of) bought from Crosley parts and added to sedans and convertibles.

My 50 super sedan CD came with one on it when I bought it. Are you saying it could of been an accessory item that came with the car when they bought it? I was thinking someone came up with this idea themselves.

Not as a factory accessory for the sedans, but as the replacement VC part was available from Crosley, it could be purchased and added toanything else by a dealer or owner. Charlie Nicholas, a Crosley dealerin Minnesota added many to the sedans and convertibles he sold from 1950 thru 1952. The rear bumper was spaced out a bit and the center of the splash pan was often cut out. He also added 1949-50 ford taillights to some of these to "trim" them out. These are NOT factory or approved

accessories in a judged class, but kinda fun to see.  

My Crosley J convertible has a continental spare. The mount is actually a center from a front hub that was carefully turned down. The center of the hub is mounted on a pipe. A "vee" reinforcement runs inside the body from the hub mount down to the floor of the "trunk".