Fun looking cruiser. On the tire size thing. Play with this tire size comparison chart a bit. A 235 tire is going to be right at 9.3 inches wide no matter what the aspect ratio is A 215 will be about 8.5. https://tiresize.com/comparison/ It's interesting to play with and helped me pick the tires for my 48 the other day.
I’m trying to have a wicked good summah cruisah guy thanks! That’s my goal with it lol thanks! I’m noticing on the car that the issue isn’t so much how wide the tire is, it’s how much offset the wheels that are on it have. I’ll probably have to find another set of wheels for it. Small update. Been trying to grind out getting things done on this car whenever the weather will permit me to (I didn’t know I moved to the PNW apparently) got all new soft lines in the brake system, the one on the torque tube was a little too soft, so I decided changing all of them was probably a good idea. I have a new bushing for the upper steering column that needs to be installed, I have to figure out how to get the horn button out on this steering wheel. It doesn’t seem to be the same as a 40 wheel, or the buttons just seized into the steering wheel somehow. the big thing though, tonight I was trying to fix my issue with the lack of brake lights and I have figured out the actual problem. The entire wiring harness has been completely butchered in the car. Parts are spliced and hacked up, there wire nuts in it everywhere. Every non factory wire in it is black, there is 0 guesses in it to top it all off (something I find very scary) in conclusion there I think I’m going to end up re wiring most of the car, I wanted to start cleaning it up a bit today however I don’t want to go cutting shit willy nilly without knowing what things do/ where they go. I’ve found some photos of diagrams on Van Pelt’s site, however the resolution isn’t great on the photos and I can’t quite read the text on them, does anyone here have higher resolution scans of them? Thanks!
Looks like a nice car that hasnt been taken apart left out in a field to rot and get destroyed by Bubba Hogwallop (expert) and put on facespook marketplace for $45k, ran when parked before taken apart to rot How much did you pay $$ ?
Does the starter have the front support clip that goes to a pan bolt on it? If not, I would highly recommend one. Third Gen Automotive in McMinnville, TN has them.
I’m honestly not quite sure if it does, I’ll have to crawl under and check it tomorrow. Got some film scans back.
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