Brought home a 71 Duster
Was able to get the tires mounted today. They’re cheap tires and took some lead to balance them out. I wire wheeled the rims and rattle canned them black.
Princess Valiant mentioned comparing tire sizes earlier. I had 195’s on there and felt like they were pizza cutters.
Had a 215 on a spare, which had a lot of sidewall bulge.
Settled on the 205’s for the price. They have some bulge, but not terrible like the 215’s. I like a wider tire anyway. Also, they have plenty clearance on the front fenders.
Further inspection of the car I’m going to have to replace the gas tank and exhaust both are toast. The tank isn’t leaking, but there’s an enough scaling rust to warrant a new one and not deal with cleaning it and trying to save it.
Was able to get the tires mounted today. They’re cheap tires and took some lead to balance them out. I wire wheeled the rims and rattle canned them black.
Princess Valiant mentioned comparing tire sizes earlier. I had 195’s on there and felt like they were pizza cutters.
Had a 215 on a spare, which had a lot of sidewall bulge.
Settled on the 205’s for the price. They have some bulge, but not terrible like the 215’s. I like a wider tire anyway. Also, they have plenty clearance on the front fenders.
Further inspection of the car I’m going to have to replace the gas tank and exhaust both are toast. The tank isn’t leaking, but there’s an enough scaling rust to warrant a new one and not deal with cleaning it and trying to save it.