No Spare Holes in Roll Bar

[rubclt]

I was thinking of putting my roll bar spare tire mount on Project Penny. I was surprised that there are no holes in the roll bar. The hardtop has the side plates on the inside which indicates it an early 1981. Maybe the early 1981 didn’t have spare mount holes in the roll bar. Anyone have knowledge on this?

 

[Dave The Sparky]

My 81 had no holes either, my 82 has.
On my 81 i drilled 2 holes through the roll bar and stuck some sleeves in and put bolts all the way through it to use it.
As i could dictate where the mount went i managed to get a 33x12.5x15 spare on it and still have space above the wheel arch and the half cab, not sure the factory position lets you do that easily.

 

[Chamba]

My '81 had holes for the side boards but no holes for either the spare or shoulder belts. I added shoulder belt attachments (thought facing inward rather than forward because I'm tall and moved my seats nearly 3" aft) and filled the side board holes.