<VV> Space Saver Spare for Early Model

[Bryan Blackwell]

On Oct 4, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Mike McGowan via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> I have been investigating space-saver spare tires for early Corvair cars. Late models and FCs are easy.  The 4-bolt 4-1/2 inch pattern is common to many Japanese and other imports, but most recent ones are front wheel drive with radical insets.  This doesn't matter with skinny donut spares.  I found the following matches for wheels, there are probably more:

Hi Mike,

One option for a spare I've thought about - if you're interested in something "pretty" - is a drag race front wheel with a skinny spare.  Assuming the mounting bead is the same, you could use a lighter temp spare, or for a normal Corvair, something a little more substantial.  The only sticking point is to make sure you also have matching lug nuts, since a lot of the drag wheels use shank style nuts.  There's a Ford pattern that's the same as the early 'Vair, so these wheels turn up fairly regularly, and of course for lates and FCs it's the usual Chevy pattern.

For a longer list of wheel donor candidates, see my wheel and tire page:

http://autoxer.skiblack.com/tires.html

--Bryan

Bryan Blackwell | Springfield, Va. | bryan at skiblack.com | http://autoxer.skiblack.com/  
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