What is the "correct" spare tire?
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I'm having a brain fart and needed to ask... I am restoring a '69 Charger 500 and we are getting ready to order tires. The car originally had 14 x 5.5 Road Wheels with redline tires. To be OE correct, the spare should be a 14 x 5.5 steel wheel with matching redline tire... right?? Thanks for the help!!
Justin "CornDog"
1966 Dodge Charger 1968 Plymouth Satellite (Un-Restored "Survivor") 1969 Dodge Charger (W.B. General Lee) 1969 Dodge Charger (Future DMCL Clone) 1969 Dodge Super Bee, 383 4spd
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Re: What is the "correct" spare tire?
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Thanks!! I knew the steel wheel would be correct but for some reason, I was second-guessing the correct tire.
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Re: What is the "correct" spare tire?
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What color are you painting the wheel?
69 Road Runner vert 69 GTX hard top 70 Road Runner 4 speed 70 Hemi Cuda vert
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Re: What is the "correct" spare tire?
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What color are you painting the wheel?
To answer Mike's question to you: Your spare rim should be Black.
If you have a Broadcast sheet it will tell what was in the trunk because a Roadwheel could have been ordered as a spare rim in 69. Ron
I never knew that!
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Re: What is the "correct" spare tire?
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What color are you painting the wheel?
To answer Mike's question to you: Your spare rim should be Black.
If you have a Broadcast sheet it will tell what was in the trunk because a Roadwheel could have been ordered as a spare rim in 69. Ron
I politely have to question that statement. The '69 dealer data book as well as the dealer price list do not show that as an option. Do you have a b/c sheet or something else that shows the roadwheel as a spare wheel option in '69?
No offense at all, just trying to learn more.
- Alan
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Re: What is the "correct" spare tire?
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What color are you painting the wheel?
To answer Mike's question to you: Your spare rim should be Black.
If you have a Broadcast sheet it will tell what was in the trunk because a Roadwheel could have been ordered as a spare rim in 69. Ron
I never knew that!
I would not consider that as a fact just yet.
See my post above.
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Re: What is the "correct" spare tire?
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What color are you painting the wheel?
To answer Mike's question to you: Your spare rim should be Black.
If you have a Broadcast sheet it will tell what was in the trunk because a Roadwheel could have been ordered as a spare rim in 69. Ron
I politely have to question that statement. The '69 dealer data book as well as the dealer price list do not show that as an option. Do you have a b/c sheet or something else that shows the roadwheel as a spare wheel option in '69?
No offense at all, just trying to learn more.
- Alan
I emailed Doug Hammer to chime in, maybe I am wrong on this since I have no documentation to back it up. Was something I always thought I knew and it's been a while I had thought I decoded all the dates on my old car's wheels.
Ron
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Re: What is the "correct" spare tire?
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Thank you for all of the replies! Yes, I knew the spare steel wheel is supposed to be black. Not really a glossy black though, more of a semi gloss or medium gloss. I can see where someone could mistake a Road Wheel for being a spare. It seems like any time you see a car at a show, that was "correctly" restored, they would always through a matching wheel in the trunk.
Justin "CornDog"
1966 Dodge Charger 1968 Plymouth Satellite (Un-Restored "Survivor") 1969 Dodge Charger (W.B. General Lee) 1969 Dodge Charger (Future DMCL Clone) 1969 Dodge Super Bee, 383 4spd
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