Re: [BaadAssGremlins] was Grill & New Projects--now tires
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Re: [BaadAssGremlins] was Grill & New Projects--now tires



Title: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] was Grill & New Projects--now tires
For what it's worth, I have Michelin X radials, size 205-70R14 tires on my 1973 Gremlin. Bought at Sam's Club for about $80 each, if I remember right. Pretty good ride and handling. I run 32 psi front and 28 psi rear, and the fronts always look like they are going flat, but that is with a V-8 and factory air, so there is a lot of weight on those front wheels.
I heard from a friend that it was getting hard to find 14" tires. He has a '58 Imperial, a big heavy car. Also, I can no longer find the skinny 195-80R15 tires that came standard on the Eagles, but 205s seem to work OK. I use Goodyear Allegra 205-75R15 on my Eagles. About $45 each at Sam's Club.
Onree in Nebraska


on 6/7/06 5:54 AM, AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx at AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx did write:

Luke on the tire size I am an old timer and don't know the metric sizes.
All I know is I told the guy I wanted the equivalent of an E-60-14 for
the rear and my son told me the slightly narrower size for the front. I
needed sway bar clearance in the front. I have 14" BFG T/A radials on
both my Hornet's. I see a reasonably priced billet aluminum over flow
tank in Jeggs catalog. For the polished version they want 20$ more. I
will polish it my self I ain't giving them 20$ for somthing I can do
myself in a few hours. I drive my orange Hornet almost every day. I had
an old lady at the bank yesterday say it looked brand new. AMC's in the
last 6-8 years are finally getting the respect from the Ford, Chevy and
Mopar guys that they deserve. Maybe because there are so few around and
it is usually a nice one? who know's and I don't care I have owned and
driven an AMC continually since 1965. But it is nice to get compliments
on my cars.
"Doc"

 
From: Luke Wardwell <horneteer2@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 18:02:19 -0700 (PDT)
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Grill & New Projects

Afew hundred extra bucks huh. I have the same problem,
but it will be going to new tires. I have 205-70-14s
on it now and they look good. I wanted BFGs or
Firehawks, but I was informed they no longer come in
14s. Any ideas what I could get??
I hope to replace the water pump in the Hornet soon
and while I'm at it I'll have the radiator checked
out. I'll see if my Dad can make a puke tank for my
car like the on in his'40 Chevy. It's an aluminum tube
like the ones you can buy. I'll take the Hornet over
to a local cruise in after work tomorrow. After
hearing stories of peoples reactions to AMCs I miss
driving mine.                               Luke

--- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:AMC74HORNET%40webtv.net>  wrote:

> I finally finished hand painting the silver on the
> grill and just have
> to check it today and maybe touch it up and prep it
> for the clear coat
> tomorrow. I got out my Jeggs catalog today to figure
> out what tranny oil
> cooler and auxiliary cooling fan I will use. I also
> found a nice billet
> aluminum radiator over flow tank and a 2 quart
> larger tranny oil pan
> too. I might as well install the tranny cooler and
> fan before I install
> the finished grill. I got an extra couple of hundred
> bucks in my pocket
> so I might as well spend it on my car. :-)
> "Doc"
>
>
>
>

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