Tire Sizes, Spares, Audio Systems, Trim Mounting

[hbarbee]

There have been quite a few post concerning tire sizes. P235-75R15 work fine. Unfortunately most quality tire manufacturers consider this a truck tire size now so they only offer raised white letters. I went with that in Michelin, but would like to get the red line and move these to another car because I think the red lines would look much better on the car.

Also, since I installed an audio amplifier with subwoofer in the trunk (see picture), I wanted to create more trunk room. The P205-60R15 is the smallest outside diameter 15” tire I could find. It looks like one of those compact spares the manufacturers started offering when trunks got smaller than tires, but it is a real tire and will work fine on the rear in an emergency. Modern radials don't seem to fail very often anyway. Also the entire audio system is powered by an Optima battery (off picture to the right) so all the electronics are quitely isolated from the car.

Another thing I found is the pot metal trim (Toronado name emblems, strips on bottom edge of 69-70 trunk can be a problem when the studs break off. An easy fix is to grind them off, use some 2 part epoxy to bond a flat head screw in place and then you have a threaded stud to mount the thing back on with.

[1977 Cutly]

I wanted to create more trunk room. The P205-60R15 is the smallest outside diameter 15” tire I could find. It looks like one of those compact spares the manufacturers started offering when trunks got smaller than tires, but it is a real tire and will work fine on the rear in an emergency. Modern radials don't seem to fail very often anyway.

I'm thinking similar thoughts, I don't really need every inch of space, I just like the cavern like scene when I pop the lid.