Just paid $100 for a original correct spare tire setup.
1968 or 69 date coded Mopar 14" steelie, with a nice goodyear "power cushion" tire.
Apparently this is the correct setup for my 68 coronet..
What is something like this worth?
sounds like $100 :shruggy:
got pics? what size? what's the DOT code?
Quote from: 6bblgt on May 18, 2018, 12:12:11 AM
sounds like $100 :shruggy:
got pics? what size? what's the DOT code?
:iagree: The devil is in the details.
picture
7.35 x 14 was pretty much the smallest tire on a 1969 B-body, used for /6 equipped cars only. I'm not sure about 1968.
What stampings are on the wheel itself around the valve stem?
Tire is in pretty good condition. Still has a stamp on the sidewall.
Rim is marked M38 4 (valve stem) 3 50.
Quote from: F8-4life on May 23, 2018, 12:31:34 PM
Tire is in pretty good condition. Still has a stamp on the sidewall.
Rim is marked M38 4 (valve stem) 3 50.
... which makes it a product of the Motor Wheel company, Plant #3, made on April 3rd, 1968. That's likely too early for a 1969 model year car, but right in line for a late-built 1968.
I can't speak for 1968 -- but for the '69 model year, 14" x 5.0" J wheels were standard equipment on Dodge & Plymouth B-bodies
other than Chargers, when equipped with 7.35 or 7.75 x 14" tires (Sales Code T2_ or T3_). For whatever reason, Chargers were supposedly given nothing smaller than 14" x 5.
5" JK wheels rather than 5.
0" J wheels -- even though their tire size might have been exactly the same. 14" x 5.0" wheels were the baseline, standard equipment on B-bodies equipped with /6, 318, 383-2, and 383-4 engines. 7.35 x 14" tires were the baseline, standard equipment on only /6 Dodge & Plymouth B-bodies, and on 318 Plymouth B-bodies.
For a bit, I was wondering whether it could have been an A-body wheel since you didn't mention the bolt spacing, but those used either a 4.5" or 5.5" wheel (in '69 anyway)... so a 5.0" wheel indicates B-body, large bolt pattern.
That's a longwinded-way of saying had that tire & wheel been in the 1969 model year range, it would have come on a slant-6 Dodge Coronet-series model, or a slant-6 or 318 Plymouth Belvedere-series model. 1968 is probably similar, but I wouldn't swear to it.
:cheers:
Nice to have a vast pool of knowledge on this board...
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got a pic of the DOT code? it doesn't appear to be on the front, look on the back
Quote from: odcics2 on May 25, 2018, 01:29:27 PM
Nice to have a vast pool of knowledge on this board...
:2thumbs:
:iagree:
Thanks for the info!
DOT code on the tire is 219014-23
that's not it, DOT code will look like this
Dot code ts02b95
T = 1968
S = April
02 = LA Goodyear plant
I think disc brakes required the 5.5" wheels,
odds are: April '68 built 1968 Coronet/Belvedere w/225 or 318 from LA plant w/disc brakes
I'm going to have to check my spare. I think it's the original.
You guys actually carry a spare tire? :rofl:
Hemigeno:
"That's a longwinded-way of saying had that tire & wheel been in the 1969 model year range, it would have come on a slant-6 Dodge Coronet-series model, or a slant-6 or 318 Plymouth Belvedere-series model. 1968 is probably similar, but I wouldn't swear to it."
For 68' , standard tire and wheels for 318 Dodge b bodies was the 7.35-14 on a 5" wheel. Mine came that way. SPD 6/26/68, St. Louis plant.
Quote from: GMP440 on July 14, 2018, 11:57:44 PM
Hemigeno:
"That's a longwinded-way of saying had that tire & wheel been in the 1969 model year range, it would have come on a slant-6 Dodge Coronet-series model, or a slant-6 or 318 Plymouth Belvedere-series model. 1968 is probably similar, but I wouldn't swear to it."
For 68' , standard tire and wheels for 318 Dodge b bodies was the 7.35-14 on a 5" wheel. Mine came that way. SPD 6/26/68, St. Louis plant.
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Is yours a Charger?
"Is yours a Charger? " No, I have a 68 Coronet with 318.