<VV> FC-Wheels

[Ron]

I have 14" Pontiac Honeycomb wheels on my '63 Rampside and have had no 
problems with them.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EVERETT WILSON" <aircooled6 at prodigy.net>
To: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com>; <Ebarr19 at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> FC-Wheels


> Truthe be told, the correct wheels on the FCs have a special offset and a
> different profile inside the wheel (the shoulder is different and can make 
> tire
> mounting a nuisance) to prevent the end of the tie-rod from touching. 
> When I
> first got my 64 Brier, it needed tires. I took the wheels to the shop as 
> the van
> wasnt running at the time.   Got new tires mounted and brought the wheels 
> home
> and put them on the vehicle.  Strange, I thought, when the left front 
> wouldnt
> turn.   They fit when I took them off.   Hmm.   Tried one of the other 
> wheel and
> it was fine, unfortunatly, the boot on the tie-rod end was now toast.   I 
> took
> that wheel back to the shop and had the tire taken off.  Inside, was 
> marked - 70
> olds 14 inch in yellow paint.     Someone in the NTCA crowd had some spare 
> FC
> wheels and was nice enough to give me a great deal (free, as I recall) on 
> two,
> just in case.
>
> Do the FC wheels fit on the LM cars?  Yes, they do.   I had to do that 
> trick
> when I ran out of money and needed to drive the 67 4 door and it had sucky
> tires.  I will tell you that 205/70-14 tires on a late look large.  They 
> also
> make the speedo inaccurate.  OK, MORE inaccurate than usual.
>
> Everett Wilson
> North Richland Hills TX
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
> To: Ebarr19 at aol.com
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Sat, May 7, 2011 7:15:58 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> FC-Wheels
>
> On May 7, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Ebarr19 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>  Someone mentioned on one of the corvair forums that LM wheels would not
>> fit on a FC and the Tech Guide states that the FC wheels are different 
>> !!!
>
> Correct.
>
>> My
>> question is will the FC wheels fit on a LM. ?
>
> Yep.
>
>> Thanks
>>  Gene Barr
>
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