Morning coffee

[CobraJoe]

WOW!!

[abe_lugo]

Poor yard art. 

[mustang6984]

Ah...c'mon Joe...1 year, and you'd have it ready for Pebble beach! 

[Ford Blue blood]

Hey....it just needs a little swipe of bondo and a couple of rattle cans to be good to go!

[mustang6984]

^^^^^^^^^
     

[CobraJoe]

Just a shame....

[mustang6984]

It is. The grill and one wheel cover look salvageable.
There is one outside of Sequim WA being used as a land brake near a river. Still in fair shape, has a perfect windshield, but there was o way I could ever dug it out. So...it is still there.

[RICH MUISE]

I swear these cars know if we are trying to sell them. Mine is finally running as it should, took it out for a drive this morning and got a flat tire!! The good news was AAA was there in 20 minutes, sure beats the heck out of the 7 1/2 hours I had to wait last October when I lost the engine.
It was a back tire, original to the rebuild with 78k miles on it, so can't complain.

[gasman826]

Can you R&R a rear tire without disassembling the car?

[RICH MUISE]

235-70R-15s yes, I can, Gary, with plenty of room to spare. narrowed case (5/8 per side), discs,'56 shocks.  It took him about 5 minutes.
103* out there at noon, sure glad I was able to run the A/C while I was waiting on the service truck.

[Ford Blue blood]

I'm really sensitive to the "ol tire age thing" after the hey blow me up thing with the 36 and 12 year old tires!  They get to be 8 they get changed out irrespective of tread or lack of weather checking!  Don't ever want to go through that again!

[RICH MUISE]

My tire didn't blow out, I got a puncture entering a construction zone. I got it right as I entered a narrowed one-lane stretch with concrete barriers on both sides, so there was no place to stop. I had to drive 1 1/2 miles on the flat to get into an area I could pull over. Surprisingly, the tire never shredded. I love my Hankooks. We have them on all 4 of our cars.

I'm trying something new this time around. Since the car has me broke, I needed to order online so I could use Paypal. A seller called Simpletire. They will be (hopefully) delivered to the local installer of my choice (Meinike). I checked with Meinike this morning before I ordered to see if this was a common practice, and he told me it is, so we'll see how this goes. I saved some $ also, and the installation will be prepaid. I'll let you guys know how it works out.

[gasman826]

I was very skeptical about buying a used tire from an eBay used tire dealer.  I had a ton of money in four new tires and the spare was original to the car (1965).  Since the original spare was used, old and way too small, I bought a fifth matching tire from an eBay used tire dealer.  95% tread, no repairs, no damage, guaranteed!!  $45 delivered in two days.  The tire looked perfect.  I had it mounted and balanced and it has been in the trunk for the past four years.  Would I buy four used tires and head out on VACA, maybe not but I wouldn't hesitate to shop for another spare that will likely not ever be used or one tire to replace a failed one.

[Ford Blue blood]

Kinda funny thing for me and spare tires.  I traveled from Va. Beach to most every corner of the U.S. East of the Mississippi in the 36.  Never had a spare.  Going to a show 60 miles away from home hit something in the road that opened the side wall of the right rear tire.  Happened right in front of a GM dealership.  Got a new tire, back on the road and finished the weekend.  Got home, got a spare, mounted it in the trunk.......never to be used to this day!  The inflation gets checked every spring during my spring check up.....

[gasman826]

We've Long-Hauled Hot Rod Power Tour twice and a couple other tours with no spare (or jack).  I do have air ride so I carry an air hose and a good plug kit.  If I have a complete tire failure, Summit Racing can have a new tire delivered to my hotel by 10AM the next morning.  Due to the lack of trunk space, I have considered a space saver spare.