Re: [Amc-list] 15" rims for Ambo wagon?

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The 70 manual says the H78-14s have 749 revs per mile. 
Nearest 14s are 235/75 (754) or 255/70 (749) and 
for 15s are 235/70 (752 ) and 225/75 (743).

Ken 

Quoting Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> A: My '82 Spirit's previous owner picked up a set of 235/75/14s (L78/14?) 
> just before Christmas. He was quite disappointed with the lack of winter 
> traction they afforded and bought himself an '81 Jeep Wagoneer (also 6 cyl 
> auto). Then I got the car from him and took it to my cabin (through about a 
> foot of snow) while he drove my 2wd Comanche and we switched out on the 
> hills as he had trouble controlling the throttle till he got some practice 
> in.
>    Tuesday, I will be getting the AW4 (2wd version) to put in the Spirit and
> 
> once I get the Jeep HO EFI dialed in, I'll be changing tires to 15" 
> (Probably 225/75/15 on Concord rims) and the old tires will go onto my 
> tandem trailer I hope to assemble soon (I need it to move all my stuff by 
> the end of Sept from the apartment to my cabin or the scrapyard. 1/2 my 
> J4000 will join the scrap heap)
>    Tomorrow (monday) my second son and I will be pulling the AMC 4 cyl motor
> 
> and 5 speed from an '85 Jeep XJ 2dr (being cannibalized for parts) and 
> putting it into my old '86 Comanche longbox I recently got back (it didn't 
> pass the emission test with the amount of blowby the 300,000 mile 2.5L was 
> putting out for some reason! <WG>. If all goes well (and I don't pick up any
> 
> more projects like the '82 Capri I've assembled for a single mom friend of 
> mine) I may finally have my '84 J10 running before the snow flies this year,
> 
> with an LPG powered 4.6L stroker.
> 
> 215/75/15 should be pretty equal to the 225/75/14.
> 
> 
> From: Roger Blake <rogblake@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Amc-list] 15" rims for Ambo wagon?
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> I've been trying to find tires for a 1971 Ambassador 3-seat
> wagon and
> am finding that the large 14" size that it uses (H78-14, or in
> today's
> sizes, 225-75R14) is just about impossible to find. My regular
> tire
> shop says "nobody makes that size any more." The tirerack.com
> web
> site doesn't list any that size, going one size down to
> 215-75R14
> just brings up a couple of selecions for trailer tires.
> 
> I was thinking that it might be easier to find suitable tires in
> a 15" size. What 15" rims from "Brand X" vehicles would fit the
> Ambo?
> (Chrysler? Ford?) What 15" tire size would give about the same
> overall
> tire diameter as the originals?
> 
> --
>    Roger Blake
>    rogblake@xxxxxxxxx
> 
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