[Roadsters] Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 18, Issue 20

[Erik Miller]

I used a space-saver donut from a 1999 Infiniti G20.  Fits perfectly and doesn't take up much of the precious trunk space.  Since I'm running Panasports, I made sure to put a set of lugnuts with the spare that will work with steel wheels. Here is a photo from when I test fit it on the car:https://flic.kr/p/2pWVvWh

Erik Miller'70 1600Concord, CA (not too far from you, Gary)
  

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Today's Topics:

  1. Space-saver spare for a Roadster (Gary McCormick)


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Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 01:20:01 -0700
From: Gary McCormick <wglife at sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: [Roadsters] Space-saver spare for a Roadster
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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 ? 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 ? which is an original bias-ply tire and so brittle/shiny that it looks like a glazed doughnut ? 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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