Looking for Ideas on 1932 spare tire and wheel.

[solidaxle]

What does everyone do for a spare tire and wheel?
On my 32 roadster, I have 16 x 7.00 in the rear and 16 x 6.00 in the front bias ply tube type tires. It still has the rumble seat lid without the seat installed and carry a 16 x 6.00 as a spare. If I have a flat, can I run the 16 x 6.00 on the 32 banjo with a Columbia 2 speed with a 16 X 7.00 on one side? I'm concerned about the two different size tires on the banjo.

[Flathead Fever]

I've also thought the same thing, what do you do for a spare when you have two different sized tires. Back when I was kid, I ran larger tires on the rear of a Mustang, I just had a stock sized spare for it. It would work on the rear, but the spider gears would be spinning a bit. I wouldn't want to go cross country like that, but I wouldn't worry about driving it a short distance. Just as long as you have something round that rolls it should be okay until you can get the flat tire fixed. Just make sure to keep the spare aired up. I see people try to install spares only to realize there flat. I filled up my spare every time I filled up the rest of the tires. You can't carry a spare everything for your '32, two spares would take up the entire trunk of a '32 roadster.

When I was mechanic at the phone company, we had to remove all the spares from the vehicles. They felt it was too dangerous to let the guys try and change a flat tire. They just had them towed back to the garage and we patched the tire or put a new one on it. We had a whole room full of new tires, every size we had in the fleet. Probably at least 100 new tires in there.

[Karl Wescott]

What does everyone do?
Well, most everyone... AAA

[Kube]

I would never consider running a tire that much different in diameter from the opposite side on the rear. How about carrying a pair of 600's? Is there room?
Flat in the back, swap them both out until you can repair or replace as necessary.

[325w]

Out of date mini spare and adapter. Fit Ford are Chevy.

[tubman]

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Originally Posted by 325w

Out of date mini spare and adapter. Fit Ford are Chevy.

Oh good. Introduce a third size variable to the equation. The "mini-spare" thing does remind me of a thing the Corvette owners do. When they have a flat on a posi-traction rear, they swap a regular tire from the front to the rear and put the "mini" on the front. I realize on a Ford it may require 3 tire changes, but it'll get ya' home.

[solidaxle]

Originally Posted by Karl Wescott

What does everyone do?
Well, most everyone... AAA

That would be a plan if it were a major mechanical failure. I doubt they would have the capabilities or items to patch a tube. For a flat, I prefer to fix it myself and get on my way.

[solidaxle]

Originally Posted by Flathead Fever

I've also thought the same thing, what do you do for a spare when you have two different sized tires. Back when I was kid, I ran larger tires on the rear of a Mustang, I just had a stock sized spare for it. It would work on the rear, but the spider gears would be spinning a bit. I wouldn't want to go cross country like that, but I wouldn't worry about driving it a short distance. Just as long as you have something round that rolls it should be okay until you can get the flat tire fixed. Just make sure to keep the spare aired up. I see people try to install spares only to realize there flat. I filled up my spare every time I filled up the rest of the tires. You can't carry a spare everything for your '32, two spares would take up the entire trunk of a '32 roadster.

When I was mechanic at the phone company, we had to remove all the spares from the vehicles. They felt it was too dangerous to let the guys try and change a flat tire. They just had them towed back to the garage and we patched the tire or put a new one on it. We had a whole room full of new tires, every size we had in the fleet. Probably at least 100 new tires in there.

Ok, that's good news. I may just buy a 16 x 7.00 for a spare, it would look a little funny in the front but gets me home. I have changed motorcycle tires before with tire irons, so yesterday I decided to try the 16 X 7.00, it wasn't too hard, but not something I want to do along side the road.

[Chris Haynes]

Carry a AAA Card and flatbed it to the tire store.

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by tubman

Oh good. Introduce a third size variable to the equation. The "mini-spare" thing does remind me of a thing the Corvette owners do. When they have a flat on a posi-traction rear, they swap a regular tire from the front to the rear and put the "mini" on the front. I realize on a Ford it may require 3 tire changes, but it'll get ya' home.

Getting the bolt pattern correct may be an issue, but a mini spare designed for a 18", 19" or 20" tire that are on a lot of modern SUV's/trucks would absolutely work. I'd bet the overall size would be really close to an old Ford bias ply.

[cas3]

Tim, which old bias ply, the front or the rear? Just teasing you! Personally, I don't think getting the car home with two different size rear tires is gonna eat up the spider gears. Old timers made winches out of a diff with one axle locked up and power running thru the spider gears, ran them for years. Lets assume there is oil in the diff, and home is not 500 miles away!

[solidaxle]

Originally Posted by Chris Haynes

Carry a AAA Card and flatbed it to the tire store.

I used AAA once for a jump start on my every day vehicle, it took two hours for them to arrive. To me all the years you pay for AAA will cost more then the one time tow. It's like buying extended warranties for everything you purchase.

[solidaxle]

So, my son and I went to the Capital Area Rods show this morning, sure enough another flat in the rear getting there, two in one week, Geez! I had one biggie on one side and small on the other, no problems driving home. The club is a bunch of old hotrodders, they appreciate a flathead motor car, so I did win a trophy.

[deuce lover]

I kept getting flats like you.I dumped the Bias Ply's in a 36 coupe I once had and went with Tubeless Radials.Problem solved.

[cas3]

I had a set of Goodyear diamond treads on my most used 31 coupe. After many miles, they were near bald, and I hoped to make it thru the summer before replacing them.

Many flats that summer! I had lots of spare wheels with equally worn out/rotten tires that I made it till fall, but what a waste of effort. I think when the tread is near gone, the remains are soft enough that even a sharp rock will stop you.

Modern tubes don't seem to like the glue for patching, they are not real rubber anymore.
Tubes are now too expensive to risk, so good tires are a must have if you drive em...like I do

[Flathead Fever]

My experience with tube type tires is when you get a nail in a tire it goes flat right away. There not like a tubeless tire that will have a slow leak with a nail in it. I like having authentic era tires on my old cars so if they had tubes originally, that's what I use. Doesn't mean I like tube-type tires.

I can't imagine how many tires I patched over 30-years at the phone company, thousands of them. I have my own tire machine and computerized tire balancer at home. I don't use them very much but there handy when I do. I recently I got my tractor stuck and when I pulled it out with my pickup, I got a cut in the sidewall of the pickup's tire. I had to replace the tire. It had been so long since I used the tire machine and balancer, it took a minute to remember how to use them again.

[Tim Ayers]

Maybe I missed it, but curious if you can determine what is causing the flats? Pinched tubes, punctures, old ageof the tires?

[solidaxle]

Originally Posted by deuce lover

I kept getting flats like you.I dumped the Bias Ply's in a 36 coupe I once had and went with Tubeless Radials.Problem solved.

My next set will be radials.

[solidaxle]

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

Maybe I missed it, but curious if you can determine what is causing the flats? Pinched tubes, punctures, old ageof the tires?

Screws and nails, probably from my own parking lot . I going to buy one of those magnetic sweepers at H.F. and go over my lot.

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by solidaxle

Screws and nails, probably from my own parking lot . I going to buy one of those magnetic sweepers at H.F. and go over my lot.

Ugh. Funny, three of daily drivers had nails & screws in their tires recently too. It's very frustrating.

Local tire shop has a magnetic tray of all the objects they've pulled from tires. Everything from common screws/nails to spark plugs and even a fork. Crazy.

I feel for you, man.