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Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real? #917296 01/30/11 04:33 PM 01/30/11 04:33 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada D demon OP super stock
demon OP super stock D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada	A friend of mine had a 70 Super Bee with 14" rallyes on the front and 15" on the rear. It was factory equipped and was even shown on the braking info sheet in the glove box. Saw the paperwork myself. Anyone seen any other Mopars equipped like this? Edit- I should have said "supposedly" factory equipped ! Last edited by demon; 01/31/11 01:21 AM.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917297 01/30/11 04:38 PM 01/30/11 04:38 PM
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JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 74,992 U.S.S.A.	First I've ever heard of that

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: JohnRR] #917298 01/30/11 05:16 PM 01/30/11 05:16 PM
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autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,467 So Cal	Why would the braking sheet show the tire size? Do they normally have tire size? The one I have is not handy. I wonder if it's a misprint and someone decided to follow it later on.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917299 01/30/11 06:30 PM 01/30/11 06:30 PM
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NITROUSN I Live Here N Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 18,414 UPPER MICHIGAN, MARQUETTE COUN...	Quote: A friend of mine had a 70 Super Bee with 14" rallyes on the front and 15" on the rear. It was factory equipped and was even shown on the braking info sheet in the glove box. Saw the paperwork myself. Anyone seen any other Mopars equipped like this? Gotta call you on that one. Prove it.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917300 01/30/11 06:37 PM 01/30/11 06:37 PM
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DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	That's just,... just crazy 6447224-moparts.jpg (50 downloads)

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: DAYCLONA] #917301 01/30/11 06:55 PM 01/30/11 06:55 PM
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Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917302 01/30/11 07:25 PM 01/30/11 07:25 PM
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69CoronetRT master Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 8,948 Harlan, Iowa	Quote: A friend of mine had a 70 Super Bee with 14" rallyes on the front and 15" on the rear. It was factory equipped and was even shown on the braking info sheet in the glove box. Saw the paperwork myself. Let's think this through.... How would that be coded on the BS? WS? Anyone ever seen a factory reference to this set up? How would you ever rotate tires? Why would the factory make an owner purchase two different sizes of tires when it was time to replace them? What if the owner couldn't purchase matching tires? Would the owner then be forced to purchase two more matching rims? What size spare would come with the car 14? 15? Lots of things to think about on this one.... Seeking: 1969 St. Louis plant VINs, SPD, and VONs. Over 2,000 thanks to you!

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: NITROUSN] #917303 01/30/11 07:41 PM 01/30/11 07:41 PM
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demon OP super stock D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada	Quote: Quote: A friend of mine had a 70 Super Bee with 14" rallyes on the front and 15" on the rear. It was factory equipped and was even shown on the braking info sheet in the glove box. Saw the paperwork myself. Anyone seen any other Mopars equipped like this? Gotta call you on that one. Prove it. well I could make a call and see if he could scan the paper but I don't know the new owned too well although we have spoken. When my friend had the car he had to show the brake info sheet to a lot of disbelievers.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: 69CoronetRT] #917304 01/30/11 07:45 PM 01/30/11 07:45 PM
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demon OP super stock D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada	Quote: Quote: A friend of mine had a 70 Super Bee with 14" rallyes on the front and 15" on the rear. It was factory equipped and was even shown on the braking info sheet in the glove box. Saw the paperwork myself. Let's think this through.... How would that be coded on the BS? WS? Anyone ever seen a factory reference to this set up? How would you ever rotate tires? Why would the factory make an owner purchase two different sizes of tires when it was time to replace them? What if the owner couldn't purchase matching tires? Would the owner then be forced to purchase two more matching rims? What size spare would come with the car 14? 15? Lots of things to think about on this one.... AAR Cudas and TA Challengers had different size tires front and rear and so did the 78 Lil Red Express. No spare on the 78 LRT

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917305 01/30/11 07:50 PM 01/30/11 07:50 PM
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DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	AAR Cudas and TA Challengers had different size tires front and rear and so did the 78 Lil Red Express. No spare on the 78 LRT Agreed,..tires not rims the brake sheet is obviously a typo

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917306 01/30/11 07:59 PM 01/30/11 07:59 PM
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RoadRunnerJD master Joined: May 2004 Posts: 5,123 Warrenton, VA	You must be mistaken in what you thought you saw? Different size tires on an AAR/TA but not different size wheels. In a judged car show, a car with different size wheels from front to back would lose points unless they could show paper work. I'd like to see the Broadcast Sheet or sales order on this one too.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: DAYCLONA] #917307 01/30/11 08:02 PM 01/30/11 08:02 PM
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demon OP super stock D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada	Quote: AAR Cudas and TA Challengers had different size tires front and rear and so did the 78 Lil Red Express. No spare on the 78 LRT Agreed,..tires not rims the brake sheet is obviously a typo It clearly showed 14 inch front wheels and 15 inch rear wheels. I rode and drove the car plenty and went thru all this controversy endless times with him. Real deal as far as I know Last edited by demon; 01/31/11 12:52 AM.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917308 01/30/11 08:06 PM 01/30/11 08:06 PM
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Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: JMCFAN] #917309 01/30/11 09:11 PM 01/30/11 09:11 PM
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Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,651 Hamtramck, PA	I'll guess a typo on the Consumer Information sheet, it does show tire sizes but does not mention rims. Tire sizes were also noted on the label in the driver's side door jamb. If one exists for this car, what is the part number for it? The last two digits of the part number for the sticker would be on the broadcast sheet also.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: Alaskan_TA] #917310 01/30/11 10:33 PM 01/30/11 10:33 PM
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Desmond super stock Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,106 CANADA	Take a look at the pic here. Braking sheets list all the tire sizes for that model and year. Here is one for a '71 Cuda with E60s. But the 14-inch data is there next to it as well. You sure this is not what has you confused? 6447711-brakesheet.jpg (34 downloads)

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: Desmond] #917311 01/30/11 10:48 PM 01/30/11 10:48 PM
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FJ5_Fish pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,294 Ontario, Canada	Makes sense - Only 2 tire/rim sizes were available on a 70 Bee....F70-14 and F60-15

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: Desmond] #917312 01/31/11 12:21 AM 01/31/11 12:21 AM
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demon OP super stock D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada	Quote: Take a look at the pic here. Braking sheets list all the tire sizes for that model and year. Here is one for a '71 Cuda with E60s. But the 14-inch data is there next to it as well. You sure this is not what has you confused? well since I don't have the sheet available to look at right now I'll just leave it be. I'll see if I can get a copy of it. I won't rule out the typo possibility. The whole point of my post was to see if any other cars were built with staggered rim sizes Last edited by demon; 01/31/11 12:35 AM.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917313 01/31/11 12:36 AM 01/31/11 12:36 AM
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Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,651 Hamtramck, PA	Poor image I know, but it is of a 1970 Superbee CI sheet. It does show the standard and optional tire sizes. 6448010-1970superbeetiresizes.jpg (51 downloads)

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: Alaskan_TA] #917314 01/31/11 12:49 AM 01/31/11 12:49 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada D demon OP super stock
demon OP super stock D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada	Quote: Poor image I know, but it is of a 1970 Superbee CI sheet. It does show the standard and optional tire sizes. ok. I should have written my friends car "supposedly" came equipped with the 2 different size rims. It is possible we all misinterpreted it. I'll still see if I can find out for sure. By the way, what does the sheet for the T/A cars show? Last edited by demon; 01/31/11 01:23 AM.

Re: Factory option-14" front & 15" rear for real [Re: demon] #917315 01/31/11 12:52 AM 01/31/11 12:52 AM
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