Hi Barry,
Was the Spitfire a Green '72 by chance? I saw one at Dixon
this weekend that had a real nice set of 15's on it, again with no sign of
mods. He was running 195/50's on them and it really did look good. I am
still curious of how the clearance would be with 2 people and maybe a
suitcase in the car, as I am trying to figure out what wheels to put on mine
when I get to that stage in the rebuild and wasn't sure that I could get
that large a setup under there without risking clearance issues.
Alan
'77 Spitfire 1500 (Frame being powder-coated this week)
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
To: Mostrom, Paul <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: Auto-x wheels and tires
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>>Has anyone put 14" wheels and 50 or 60 series tires on a Spit?
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>I haven't personally seen 14 inch wheels on a Spit, but over in England
>they advertise for them, and a 14 or 15 inch set for a TR7 would fit the
>hubs (although the offset may not be the same). I have however seen a Spit
>with 15 inch wheels (yes fifteen inch, and I believe what must have been 50
>series tires) and no mod's that I could detect to the arches or wheel
>wells. This was at Trimphest last year. I currently run 205/60 13's on my
>Spitfire, and other than a slight front wheel arch flare to clear and for
>aesthetics, I have no problems. These are mounted on Pannasport wheels
>with the correct offset. I have a set of American (I believe) slotted dish
>mags (the old sixty style aluminum with five slots) that I would like to
>get rid of but I suspect that the cost of shipping would make it not
>worthwhile.
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>Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
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