Early spare carrier pads - thickness?

[oregon fj]

Spare carriers on early 40s (maybe 25s too?) had two rectangular rubber pads, one at top and one at bottom. They were not the same, top and bottom had different part numbers. I saw the picture below on a BaT auction (1965 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40) which shows the difference—the top one is thicker.

I only have one that is intact, apparently the thinner one. For the upper all I have is the metal base. I started a Wanted ad in the classifieds (Wanted - Early FJ40 spare tire carrier pad(s)) but have no response yet.

So I am thinking about making one instead. Since I have the metal base, if I could find some rubber the correct thickness perhaps I could glue and rivet it to the base I have now. But to do that I'll need to know the thickness of either the rubber pad, or even the combined thickness of the rubber and base plate.

Anyone have these pads they could measure for me?

 

[middlecalf]

‘65 FJ40. Assumed original. Top pad including metal base is 9/16”. Bottom pad including metal base is 7/16”. Bottom makes contact, top doesn’t. Needs adjustment I guess.

 

[pardion]

Here is a top pad next to a bottom pad PM if needed. Look at the yellow 1963 carrier, it's upper pad it has rubber spacer between the pad and the rack, looks easy to cut one however thick from rubber to make a clean spacer.