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Re: Compact Spare

To: Two00mph@aol.com, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Compact Spare
From: jbradley@sun.lssu.edu
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 17:21:14 -0500
At 05:06 PM 2/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>how about taking a splined hub and welding it to one of those space saver
>wheels???  kind of gets you everything you want.  Just be sure of:
>1)concentricity.... so the hub is exactly centered
>2) wheel backspacing...  so that the wheel is properly spaced from the
>suspension and body
>
>Any race team should be able to do the necessary welding and fabrication at
>little cost.  It wont be pretty, but hidden in the trunk 99% of the time, who
>cares?
>
>Did this about 2 years ago with a chevy space saver - works great. Might
be a great product for someone to manufacture and sell at events. It does
give you a lot more room in the boot.

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