Listers and George,
When my TR6 was still with me I came up with a space saver tire that fits.
Use a Nissan Maxima 16 inch space saver. AFAIK, it is even narrower than
the TR3 tire and should fit - the bolt pattern is the same or "close enough"
and it worked once on my TR6. My criteria for using this tire was to gain
enough trunk depth to fit a small cooler in the trunk for weekend trips. I
succeeded in gaining about 2", even though I added back 3/4" of this with a
plywood "floor" that sat on the tire. Give it a shot. Remember, lots of
cars out there had 4 x 4.5" bolt patterns, but most of them are on 14" rims
and thus not suitable.
Dave T
Winterpeg
-----Original Message-----
From: George Hahn <geohahn@azstarnet.com>
To: TR <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: April 5, 1999 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: tire size - TR3 spare
>
>vafred@erols.com wrote:
>>
>> bias ply 640. X 15, ...can it fit in the spare tire
>> compartment.
>
>FWIW: I have a 590 x 15 in my spare compartment and can only get it in
>by having the pressure down to about 18 psi.
>
>What solutions have others come up with for a TR3 spare? Running around
>with a 30+ year-old spare that is not fully inflated isn't so good. Is
>there a modern tire available that will fit in the compartment?
>
>Geo Hahn
>59 TR3A
>
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