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