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Pantera spare wheel

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My car had no spare when I purchased it but I was fortunate enough to locate one on evilBay and had it shipped from CA to Melbourne.

Sure is a strange looking beast and I'm wondering if anyone has ever either inflated one, or had to use one as an actual spare tyre?

Seems to me that the tread section is quite tight and that if it was inflated and the sidewalls of the spare folded up and created the 'balloon' that the treaded section would have to stretch terribly to accomodate the fully inflated final diameter.

Also, once inflated, how does it go down again. As it loses air presure, does the tyre naturally regain it's compressed state and fold the sidewall back in upon itself?

Finally, how does one inflate it? I'm aware that the car would have had a canister of air and have seen pictures of such, but in this modern era, all of these inflation canisters appear to have adhesive in them and are more designed for roadside repairs rather than just inflation.

I know off road motor cycles use small canisters of Co2 to inflate tyres on the fly, but these are very small and it would take a dozen to inflate a car tyre.
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lf-tp2511lf-tp2511Member
In all honesty, you probably should have just saved your money.

It will serve nicely as a get-some-points item at a Concours where originality matters, and will fit nicely in the round recess in the rear tub.

BUT YOU SHOULD NEVER INFLATE IT !!!!!

Do not even entertain getting an air canister to allow the use of that spare. Do not ever fill it with an air hose.

If Oz rules demand you have a spare and demonstrate its serviceability, seek out one of the later-model car spares - the ones that look like motorcycle tires.

The original spare tire's safety was at best questionable when they were new. That tire is now over 35 years old.

Clean it up nice and pretty, put some wax on it, and leave it home in the garage unless you are showing the car.

What to do for a spare? Most of us here carry a cell phone, a AAA auto club card and if really paranoid, a tire plug kit and some fix-a-flat cans or small 12 volt compressor.

Larry

P.S. - YOU SHOULD NEVER INFLATE IT !!!!!
lf-tp2511lf-tp2511Member
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Am I right in presuming that the outer band must stretch as the sidewall folds out?

Logic dictates that it must, but I have .... never inflated one. Wink

They were quite common on the Mustangs, and are highly sought after for proper originality.

Other makes used them, not just Ford.

Reproduction canister labels are being made, but no one is doing a repro on the tire, as far as I know.

No idea what, if any, spare was fitted to Euro market cars.

Larry
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Do you have a canister or good photos of one?

I presume it has an outlet where a schraeder valve goes, and maybe a charge port?

Did they come with a transfer hose or simply push the canister tip against the valve?

I've seen the labels on evilBay, but the pictures of canisters are not good at all.

I was considering making a canister, using an old fire extinguisher and getting a label for it and keeping it with the spare for 'show and tell' days.
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The spare tire is just for vehicle regulations in the 70's. The spare will work on the front but not on the rear.As a spare on the rear, if you use it for any lenght of time you will ruin you ZF trans.Two different size tires on the drive axles doesn't work. The early P cars had the spare tire placed in the front compartment, till they figured out in a front end collision the spare tire became a missile
and ended up in the cabin. I have heard stories of the air cannister exploding from the radiator heat. Larry put me in the paranoid group , my P car road side emergency repair kit weights about 40 pounds! Chuck
macmanmacmanMember
I carry around a tire plug kit, a pair of pliers and a small air compressor. I've had to plug many tires because of nails or screws. Had to do it in the parking lot at work or at the store. Always got me out of a bind. Doesn't work if you manage to cut/slice the tire, but you can deal with a puncture easily enough.
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