No spare tire

I assume this has happened to many on the forum.
Saturday night at 9:00 PM.....debris in road.

One tire ruined and will need some body work.

Shit happens.

 

We have all had a flat tire or cut tire,,that's traditional! HRP

 

...... But dealing with it is not...

 

Actually dealing with it is traditional and is something probably every car guy has had to do at least once in his life.

 

Thank God for AAA!

 

... beats putting on chains in the snow.

 

But not many go without a spare with a huge trunk like that 55.

 

You would think there would be enough room ,wouldn't you?

Oh yeah! HRP

 

Godda have that clean look at the show ya know!

 

I went through last two years of high school.....'66 & '67 without a spare but had a jack.

Yeah I got room for a spare.......took many road trips without issues.

What show?

 

The car looks pretty clean so I figured it sometime sees the occasional show. Sounded like a good excuse for no spare to me.

 

Gotcha ........do more cruising than shows.
They're too time consuming.

The battered tire will serve as a new spare.

My wife......in her wisdom........pointed out that it would probably
be handy if I had tires all the same size.

 

Yep!

I gotta jack up the rear of the frame in addition to getting the wheel off the ground so I can get the fat tire out of the wheel well. Nobody ever said Hot Rods were easy...

 

Driving without a spare tire is like having sex without protection. You might get by with it many times but it only takes one time to have a big problem. Even if you're going to a show, the spare can be removed from the trunk.

 

I'm just a kid ... didn't they have "run-flats" in 1955? lol

 

Like this?

 

That post should've came with a warning.......just spewed beer on my key board

 

You mean they actually made that many Metropolitans?

 

That's the dealers front line waiting for the first sale.

 

All my cars have a tool box, spare tire (WITH air in it ), a jack and a fire extinguisher.........because I don't own a cell phone.

 

I was 80 miles from home this morning when the right rear tire came apart. Put the spare on and kept moving

 

Happened to my wife's OT pickup a couple weeks ago. She lost two new (under 1k mi.) tires

 

Got these coming from Towel City Tire
Pie crust radials

 

you might be surprised to know they made 94,968 of them!

 

Out of town tonight ......as usual........but Towel City Tire really came through.
Herb sent these tires out on Monday and they showed this afternoon.

My son stopped by and took this pic.
Can't wait to get home and get 'em mounted..........also thinking about ordering
up some chrome reverse to mount them on later.

 

Tires installed

 

so, you guys must be working out and all have six packs. I carry my spare tire with me everywhere I go.

 

Yea it's hard when a tire comes apart. I've driven on a tire with a nail in it for a week just airing it up every day. Since the particular size i had wasn't available anywhere except by mail order.

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Where is this yard at?