Interesting spare tire I found.

[88grandmarq]

while moving some old rims and tires around, I came across mini-spare. Never seen one like it before. It has a normal, Ford passenger car bolt pattern. turned it over and confirmed its a 16X4 mini spare. I assume it came off the 87 CP wagon thats sitting out in the field.

I haven't bolted it up on the car yet, but I suspect this will clear my big brakes on the front of the car. I was worried about that since they require 16" rims and all I have is the stock 15" full size steel rim.

[88grandmarq]

BTW... the part # stamped on the inside of the wheel is actualy an engineering #

I called a couple of my buddies at the Ford parts counters and none of them could get it to pull up in their systems.

[mrltd]

Interesting.

[Mr. Land Yacht]

hmm...oddly enough, I have a picture of a '68 Mustang GT on my desk here and that wheel looks identical to the wheels in the picture...hmmm...

[marquisman]

i have one out of my wagon, first time i ever had an aluminum doughnut

[phayzer5]

Anyone wanna sell me a pair for front skinnies?

[grandpaslincoln]

Weird, never seen one like that.

[DuceAnAHalf]

Anyone wanna sell me a pair for front skinnies?

just get a pair of draglites with as little backspace as possible and use spacers, thats what 99-04 mustang guys use

[Mercmarquis]

Anyone wanna sell me a pair for front skinnies?

I got one lying around I can sell ya if you wanna get all ghetto and use spares for skinnies.

[1987cp]

I remember reading about spare wheels a lot like that when Car Craft was building up a drag-race Fox Mustang on the cheap. I think their four-lug aluminum spare was a solid disk and 15" in diameter, and they got hold of a second one and mounted up a set of M/T Front Runners.

I had no idea Panthers ever used anything except stock-size steel wheels for spares, even if they were fitted with a temporary tire. Were these aluminum spares a common option, or standard for certain years?

[mrltd]

I remember reading about spare wheels a lot like that when Car Craft was building up a drag-race Fox Mustang on the cheap. I think their four-lug aluminum spare was a solid disk and 15" in diameter, and they got hold of a second one and mounted up a set of M/T Front Runners.

I had no idea Panthers ever used anything except stock-size steel wheels for spares, even if they were fitted with a temporary tire. Were these aluminum spares a common option, or standard for certain years?

I've got some of those 4 lug spares....or at least one...somewhere...

[DuceAnAHalf]

anyone have a 17" aluminum spare out of a newer cobra? My brother needs one for the Thunderbird

[boXman]

I've seen one or 2 of those before.

[trife86]

anyone have a 17" aluminum spare out of a newer cobra? My brother needs one for the Thunderbird

t-birds are 5x4.25, cobrra = 5x.450

[phayzer5]

t-birds w/ cobra brakes = 5x4.5