[Healeys] 185/70/15 tyre doesn't fit in the boot.

[pennell at cox.net]

I do likewise on my BN7 Richard.  165 on a disc wheel by the way.

Keith

---- Richard Collins  <gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> I run 185 tires and have a 165 as the spare on my BN7. And, it is a tight
> fit...
> Regards, Richard C, via my Blackberry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Job <derek.c.job at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:57:50
> To: <Healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Healeys] 185/70/15 tyre doesn't fit in the boot.
> 
> I guess from the many threads on tyre sizes a lot of you are running around
> with 185/70/15 tyres. I am and I have one as a spare, and it won't fit in
> the
> boot if you use the standard wood block/wire bar/leather strap set up.
> 
> When I
> got the car the spare was jury rigged with an eye bolt, some
> polyester type
> ribbon tape and a ratchet to tighten it to the the strut at
> the centre rear of
> the boot. Not very pretty and  I saw this as a nice
> little job to upgrade to
> standard and bought the missing parts. I fitted the
> block and bar after some
> difficulty in removing frozen nuts being used to
> keep the eye bolt in place on
> the rear bulkhead, only to then studpidly
> discover that I couldn't close the
> boot lid when I put the spare tyre in!
> Idiot,
> 
> Just wondering what others do
> in this position. I don't want to go out and
> buy a narrower wheel and 165 tyre
> but I do like the look of the leather
> strap and bar set up. I was thinking of
> just ditching the wooden block and
> attaching the bar directly to the bulkhead
> or using just a thin piece of
> plywood in between. The couple of inches gained
> will be enough to allow the
> boot lid to close. Any other ideas?
> 
> Derek
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