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I have a collapsible spare with the tank (the carboard label is in poor shape though);
I am not sure what it came from - I got it with parts from a guy who parted out mostly Firebirds (but some Camaros too) in the 1980's. The one I have does NOT have that tread pattern; Mine is an RF coded wheel with a M1/9 (so presumably a 1980 wheel), and it's a G78-15 Is there a resource which lists wheel codes ect for these types of wheels (and tires)?
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) Last edited by unruhjonny; 03-13-2024 at 04:16 PM. |
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Will look at the stamped codes & date on my 80's original collapsible space saver. As I can pullout other collapsible spacesavers, will do the same.
Have a late '81 dated '76-81 Pontiac Master Parts Book, can ck what it notes late tonight. A caveot, & something I learned over 30 years ago, one can't trust the Master Parts Books on wheel codes. Too many superceded codes & combined "usages".
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My 77-81 catalog has a print date of August 1985.
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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As you said....he let me poke around a bit and I found the original collapsible spare with original compressed air canister in his garage...donut turned out to be dated '83
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A 15" spare was required for vehicles with rear disc brake option.
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/\ which version?
“donut”, space saver (collapsible), or full sized?
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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My 1979 Monte Carlo came with the "donut" spare, a T155/90R16 and my 1981 Bonneville had a T165/90R16 donut as I recall.
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My reply was about your 15" collapsible space saver. They were previously 14" but wouldn't fit rear discs.
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I am pretty sure my 1980 Monte Carlo also had a "donut" spare - it fit in the side trunk well(!)
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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In the late Spring of '80, my Dads cousins son showed up at my folks place in a fresh off the lot black '80 T/A, 15x7 snowflake car. Can remember taking a ride in it, then we took a ride in my SE turbo. Few years later I put a power trunk release his '80 & it still had its collapsible space saver. All of the original '81 T/A's & Formulas I dealt with in the early '80's had the larger diam "donut" space saver. The majority of those '81's had WS6. Of note with the 81's, within a year or two of new, a couple of my '81 owner friends began buying expensive stereo systems. Most common were top end Kenwood f/e units along with 801 & 901 amps. Can remember it like yesterday, once one one starts mounting two of those amps up against the rear seat divider, trunk space began to become an issue in a Fisher top car. During that time frame, for one '81 Turbo T/A, I picked up a collapsible space saver at local late model GM yard so an amp could be mounted in front of the spare.
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You're correct! There was quite a bit of room in the trunk with that vertical spare. Of course though the trunk in my 2-dr Bonneville was big enough I was able to put both doors of my 70 Esprit in it and close the lid.
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yeah, those huge trunks were great!!
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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