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
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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@ sbcglobal. net>
To: BaadAssGremlins@ yahoogroups. com
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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