<VV> Doughnut Spare Tire

[Hugo Miller]

Punctures are evry rare with modern tires. I just carry one of those 
aerosol tire sealers instead of a spare.


On 2019-08-31 14:19, FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Good point, I have two doughnut spares in my front wheel drive
> vehicles that have slipped belts, i.e. lumps and wavyness  in the
> tread.  Both under 20 years old. Been looking for replaacements, but
> whowants to buy a 20 year old tire? New tires are available, but some
> shops do not want to mount them on the skinny wheels....
>
> Frank DuVal
>
>
> On 8/30/2019 3:38 AM, jim bannister via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> Actually the doughnut spare is a good thing.  When I added A/C to my 
>> turbovert using a Sanden compressor, the spare doesn't need to be 
>> mounted in the trunk.  A doughnut spare fits nicely in the stock 
>> location.  Mine came from my '79 Caddy before it went to Pick 'N Pull. 
>> Interestingly, it has a dual bolt hole pattern.  A large one for the 
>> big cars and small for the smaller ones.
>> Jim '66 Turbovert
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Michael Kovacs via VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2019 6:13 PM
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; Matt
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Doughnut Spare Tire
>>
>>   Junk yard / wecking yard
>>
>>      On Thursday, August 29, 2019, 10:49:37 AM EDT, Matt via 
>> VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>>   90’s Camaro works well
>>
>> Matt Nall____________________________
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