<VV> Z28 wheels on the Corvair

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/19/2006 7:38:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
kcvair at netscape.com writes:

I have  the early IROC wheels on my 65 Corsa and  they fit very well with no  
clearance problems.  Car rides low also because springs were cut.   Tires are 
Bridgestone 195-60 R15.  I also have a Camaro and would not try  to adapt 
those wheels to my Corvair.  Ken  Clark




The Z28 wheels -at least the 1982-1992 - were 15" x 7" - That is  likely what 
Ken is running. (The 15" tires would require quite a stretch to fit  over the 
IROC wheels -all of which were 16", as I recall) The latest models of  this 
series, the 91-92 Z28, had some very pretty 15 x 7 wheels that looked a  bunch 
like the later (93-96) ones. They even used the same snap-in center cap.  
Those are hard to find because Camaro sales dropped before the 93 came out.  But 
even the 82-90 style can be prettied up with match painted spokes and good  
center caps. Another bonus is that they are a nice tight center hole fit on  the 
Corvair hub center. You must run the correct lug nuts on this set-up,  
however, stock Corvair ones will not work well. -  Seth