[DeTomaso] Spare Tire

[adin at frontier.net]

Not sure, the XR-7/MkVIII/T-Bird platform was a world to itself.  Thus  
the damn odd wheels.



Quoting Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>:

> Now I wonder if Ford and Lincoln used the same parts and assembly   
> people that DeTomaso did.
>
> adin at frontier.net wrote:
> My MkVIII does NOT use the same wheels as the other fords. I am
> guessing they are different than the other Lincolns, also.
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> Quoting Peter Kovacs
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>> My 88 Saleen has 5 lug and used Lincoln wheels at the drag strip. My
>> Saleen wheels are currently on my Pantera so my opinion is that
>> they are all the same.
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>> David in Durango wrote:
>>> You would have to check brake clearance etc. but I'm sure that any spare
>>> from
>>> an 80's five-lug Ford, i.e. Thunderbird etc. would work fine.
>>
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>> I believe the T-Bird/MKVIII Lincolns use a different bolt pattern. (5x 4.25
>> and not the 5x4.5 we need).
>>
>> check before paying.
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