<VV> 14" steel wheels for EM??

Ramon Rodriguez III corvairgrymm at gmail.com
Sat Feb 25 19:22:12 EST 2012


I know of a lot of wheels that will fit from Bryan Blackwell's site, AFAIK
my questions are not answered there.

I want to go to (cheap) 14" wheels so I can buy cheaper more readily
available tires.  The catch is I'm hoping to be able to use factory
hubcaps.  Today I purchased a set of Corvair "Dog Dish" caps that am hoping
to use on whatever 14" wheels I wind up with.

I would actually prefer that the wheels be a little further outboard than
stock, but also expect to be using them with fender skirts on the rear of
the EM coupe so I don't know how much space there is to work with.  I'd be
ok with wheels that are the same offset as stock.  I've got the skirts so
I'll have to take some measurements.

On another note, I had a fantastic time at the NJACE Corvair parts auction
today.  I spent far too much money (cut into my savings for Sturbridge
quite a bit) but got some things I really needed, a gas heater that I can
hopefully (crossed fingers) get working and installed in Missy's year round
daily driver without spending a fortune, and a bunch of other stuff.

The thing that really made my day is that a week or so I decided I wanted a
full set of the LM fiberglass front spoiler and the fiberglass stone guard
flares to go with the Fitch Vent-top I've got laying around.  I went and
looked them up on Clarks and found that they were WAY out of my price
range.  Today at the auction I picked up the full set, EXACTLY what I
wanted, brand new for a price I was totally able to afford.  That's about
the best luck I've ever had and I plan to send a note to the seller letting
him know just how happy I am that he brought them.

Thanks!

-- 
Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA
1966 Corsa 140 coupe (daily driver)
1965 Corsa 180 coupe (under construction)
1965 Corsa 140 coupe (under construction)
1963 Monza PG coupe (daily driver)
1962 Monza PG coupe (to rebody the 63 which is pretty rusty)


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