Spare tire pic ?

Thanks for the pics...

I have a question on my 71 Duster. The spare tire area doesn't have the metal "fork" to slide the bolt into. Would this mean the trunk/ spare tire pan was replaced?

Doesn't look like it from the welds and such...but I can't mount it like you guys show...so I've always wondered.

Aloha!

Wow thats interesting.

All I can think of is that the factory forgot to install it, or the tire well has been replaced.