I just had this stupid idea, that it would be awesome to have tire shaped cooler inside my spare tire well, as i am not using it ( i have one of those insta-inflation bottles) Does these kind of gizmos even exit and where can i get one?

It would be so nice to have "hidden" cooler where you could pop a nice cold beer after long drive.

I don't know were to get one but COORS LIGHT ROUND COOLER BAG looks like good fit.

COORS LIGHT ROUND COOLER BAG, View round cooler bag, BAG Product Details from Hangzhou BAG Home Fittings Co., Ltd. on Alibaba.com

build it yourself using a garbage bag and expansive foam.

Basically "fill" the spare tire well with assorted boxes, styrofoam, blocks of wood, whatever, in the shape of where your beer will go. bring it to within an inch of the edges of the wheelwell. Put THIS inside a garbage bag, supported by...something. Then put another garbage bag inside the wheelweel to keep the foam from sticking to it. fill the space between your "faux cooler" and the 2nd bag with expansive foam. Let sit for a day, then remove the boxes, etc and you've got a cooler!

Get this one for on the go Datsun 240Z -color.png Beer Cooler by TransportationNation

My spare is out as well. Filled it with a PyleDriver sub-woofer (Sub-woofer box looks like a spare tire) with some slight modification as the tire was wider then a Z car tire. I'd say build it yourself or try to find one of these sub-woofer boxes and modify it. Not sure how easy they are to find now as I believe they were discontinued a couple years ago. But you might find one cheap if they blew the sub-woofer as all you need is the tire shaped hardened plastic shell.

I don't know were to get one but COORS LIGHT ROUND COOLER BAG looks like good fit.

COORS LIGHT ROUND COOLER BAG, View round cooler bag, BAG Product Details from Hangzhou BAG Home Fittings Co., Ltd. on Alibaba.com

Group Buy, as it says 1,000 units minimum order

But, a nice Z logo instead of the Coors could be fun.

Dimensions are a little wonky at 18" diameter and 10" deep. The "Clack" color doesn't translate well, however.

Dennis

Just be sure you have quality tires. A year ago, almost to the day, I was coming back from Arizona on the I-10, about 5 miles West of Palm Springs. Had some cheapie "Enterprise" tires. One blew out - no inflator bottle in the universe could have fixed that thing. On the side of the freeway, trucks flying by 90 mph every 5 seconds. Glad I had a spare.

Yea, im gonna get new tires for this season. Ye olde ones are 10 years old, starting to get quite stiff + road noise is "awesome"..

I'll have to consider that DIY freezer as there seems to be no other options available

Better yet, since the tales of caution of spares, build yourself a cooler that can be removed and fit snuggly between the strut towers. I built a removable speaker box/tool compartment (for access to stuff outside the tool compartments that can be stored)

that worked well, and you can make it where it doesnt require any permanent or rather noticeable modifications.

Pic before I put in the speakers, and yes it is a little off and the speakers are set behind the seats but are fine from what testing I did

On May 1st I was rear ended. Inspections from below indicated 99% of the damage was behind the rear shock towers. removing the carpet showed that the spare tire pan had been distorted.

The rear bumper under the license plate ended up 5 1/2" inches forward of the trailing edge of the hatch (about 8-9 inches of crush).

Finally got the car into a body shop yesterday afternoon and popped the hatch. We found the spare tire (properly inflated) jammed in the collapsed pan. Besides increasing the stiffness of the area, the spare had absorbed much of the shock and spread the load out across the forward side of the pan. In doing so, the damage ahead of the pan was greatly reduced.

In my case, this has meant a repairable vehicle instead of a total. As far as the human cargo, my wife and I only suffered week long headaches and neck stiffness.

Let this be a note of caution for all of us who drive around without a spare - and those of us who haven't topped off the air in the spare for years. For Z's your spare is also part of your safety equipment.

Yea, i guess it does increase structural integrity around rear area in situations like that. If you have had cooler there, you probably would have been covered with beer.

djwarner - sorry you were hit in the arse - I am glad it can be repaired. I am starting to like the 'Park Benches' on my '78 a little more.