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y shop manual shows that some of the rovers did have a place to mount the tire there, it had a wheel well and a bracket that mounted to the top of the tub to hold the wheel upright, mine originally had one but the previous owner took it all off and put a patch over the wheel well
This was standard equipment for 109 Regular models. (The mount on the left is complete, while on the right I just happened to have an extra well that just sits in the hole, I've never rivetted it down in 15 years.)