Derf -
Amen to hand mounting. I've saved the big bucks paint jobs by mounting the
tires by hand from the rear so any chips can be touched up and not show. I
also put the balance weights on the inside rims.
Clay L.
'67Sprite
At 10:11 PM 7/29/01 -0500, derf wrote:
>Hi,
>I mounted (by hand) a new set of 175 70 13s on the wire-wheeled '72
>Midget. About $160 from Sam's. They fit and look nice. They are a
>little shorter than the 155 80s but wider in the tread. Now the tread
>spans about the same width as the rim. I mounted them myself(with much
>help from a friend) by hand because after cleaning and prepping the
>wires for painting, I realized how easily they could be damaged by
>knuckle-heads with power tools.
>
>Also, while prepping the sand-blasted wheels for painting, I noticed one
>odd-ball wheel. It is a Firestone 13 by 4.5". The other five were
>Dunlop (I think) 13 by 4s. So, I have a 13 by 4.5" Firestone wire wheel
>that was blasted and painted bright silver and clear coated that I don't
>need. If anyone needs such a thing, email me off list.
>Cheers,
>Derf
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