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Spare tyre change pack - did 944s have them?

MJL944

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Gents,
Did any of our 944s originally come with a pack to help make putting on the spare tyre less messy? See the picture below for a pack I've just saved from the bin men after a clear out by an ex-928 owner. The pack contains some disposable gloves, 1 small clear plastic sheet and 1 large clear plastic bag, all contained in a clear bag with 'Original Genuine Porsche Parts' printed on it. 928s had these packs placed with the space saver from new.
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My 944 owner's manual says there's a plastic bag to put the spare into but if it ever existed it's long gone and I don't recall ever seeing a 944 with such a plastic bag or the pack I've shown above.
Regardless, it's a nice little original Porsche sundry item to have for my car!

 
MJL944 said:
Gents,
Did any of our 944s originally come with a pack to help make putting on the spare tyre less messy?


A man in an RAC van isn't very messy [:D]. Seriously though my spare looks like it's never been on the car, inflated it recently to see if it held air and it was fine.
 
Our 964 C2 had such a pack in the spare wheel over the compressor-never looked as it had been used in it's life-until I picked up a Yamaha 8-10mm motorcycle spanner in the rear offside virtually new Bridgestone SO2 going downhill after the pass from Penrith to the A69 & was handy to protect the car from the dirty proper wheel.
As the 924/924S/944's/968 cars have room for a removed wheel,I imagine Porsche didn't feel the need to provide the kit until the inflatable spacesavers came on the scene-certainly never had one in the 924 & S's we have owned.The grey one has a steel "spacesaver " spare ,the red one ,a standard telephone dial wheel which fits OK in the well.
 
Thanks Gents, and, especially, Simon. Good to know these packs were originally supplied with our cars. Not many will have survived so it's nice to acquire one for the boot of my old girl where it will now stay, unused - no matter what!
It was the night before bin day in South Croydon last week as I walked back to my hotel after a meal and spied some bits that looked suspiciously like a few old Porsche parts placed on a driveway next to a wheelie bin waiting for the morning collection. A quick knock on the door and the friendly ex-928 owner, who'd just cleaned out his basement, was happy to let me carry the parts away. I'll offer the other bits I salvaged as freebies to the forum when I have time - as I promised the owner I would. The spare wheel change pack is something I'm keeping though!
Thanks again for the replies.

 

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