I've used a number of Ford rims, and have always
had to bore out the center hole slightly to get them to fit. The 15's on
my son's Matador came off of a mid-90's Crown Vic. My Spirit and Javelin
both have mini-spares from a Mercury Marquis.
If you stay with 14's, it's getting pretty hard to
find decent tires. The last time I needed some I ordered some BF Goodrich
Radial TA's from Summit Racing. The only ones I found locally were
imported junk.
Todd
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:45
AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Rims
I picked up a set of salvage yard take offs from an older Ford Crown
Vic. 15x6.5W. The standard 215/70R15 are a little tall in the
front for my 80 Spirit but they got me through a season. I'm still
looking for something a little flashier but have just been to busy to have
much of a chance!
If you search yahoo or google etc. you can find
listings for wheel patterns by manufacturer and application. I'll dig
around in my achieves if you are interested.
Jeff
From: Davis Martin
<martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:10:58
AM
Subject: Re:
[BaadAssGremlins] Rims
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Terry, The amc bolt pattern is the same as many other makes. Ford,
Dodge, Mopar, I think even Nissan, toyota? It is 5 bolts on 4.5" center.
or 5 on 4.5 The only issue you may run into is the hub hole size
some fords are slightly smaller. I personally have never come across
this.
Davis
--- On Mon, 6/15/09, Terry Atkins <twa1950@yahoo.
com> wrote:
From:
Terry Atkins <twa1950@yahoo. com>
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins]
Rims
To: BaadAssGremlins@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, June
15, 2009, 9:31 PM
Do any other manufacturers rims fit on the
Gremlin. I was looking at my tires the other day and decided I
am going to buy me a new set in the very near future. The tires
that are on it have plenty of tread left but I know they are at
least 16 years old maybe 20. I am just going with the same size
that is on it. Thought about getting wider tires but I really
don't see the need for them with that power house I have under
the hood. My problem is my spare. It is a D78 Bias type tire.
Could be one of the original tires on the car but it probably is
one of the second set of tires that was on the car. I don't want
to get rid of it. It is a conversation piece. While it holds air
I don't know if I would really want to put it on the car and
drive on it. Then again with four new tires I really shouldn't
have to worry about a flat and in the slim chance I did since I
never drive more than 30 miles from home I could
take the back roads and never get over 30 MPH. I guess I am
thinking out loud but would like to hear your thoughts. Thanks
Terry
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