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Re: [Roadsters] Space-saver spare for a Roadster

To: Gary McCormick <wglife@sbcglobal.net> please include it with any abuse report (smtpclient.apple) [74.101.120.145]:51278 GIGmB4vC6JF50mnHQS2269tumZH1fO/LKfBrPLFodkBoiM6J6evgdoVx5RvH51+zhdpZs89UDv/CVUDQWwcBZB36zU62AGmkhug=
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Space-saver spare for a Roadster
From: "RWM@RWMann.com" <RWM@rwmann.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 18:54:53 -0400
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Gary,

I have a BF Goodrich G78-14 space-saver on a steel rim, designed to be inflated 
by an accompanying CO2 canister, that I have never used, and hope to never need.

- Bob Mann, â??68 2000 Solex

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> On May 3, 2026, at 04:38, Gary McCormick <wglife@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone sourced a space saver-type spare tire to fit a Roadster?
> 
> I am taking the first baby steps to getting SRL311-13291 back on the road 
> after 35 years. Today I put vehicle dollies under the rear wheels and saw 
> that the right rear tire, which I aired up last September, has a split outer 
> casing â?? which it didn't have in September. It is holding air, which is 
> kind of amazing, but the damage is quite impressive. Increasing the pressure 
> in an old and obviously brittle tire must have split the outer belt.
> 
> This reminded me that I will need to replace the spare â?? which is an 
> original bias-ply tire and so brittle/shiny that it looks like a glazed 
> doughnut â?? and I would like to put a space saver spare back there to recoup 
> a little precious trunk space.
> 
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> 1970 2000
> SRL311-13291
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