[DeTomaso] Tire advice

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/15/14 22 07 51, asajay at asajay.com writes:


> You -are- talking about tires for a GT model right?
> 

>>>Yes, as I said, I was talking about GT5 and GT5-S, and the STOCK tires, 
345/35-15 etc.....

23.5 inch tall front, 24.1 in the rear.   That's one of the reasons those 
cars look so much wider, because they are so low to the ground.   When you 
see a stock narrow-body Pantera on original-spec tires, they positively teeter 
and tower over the later cars.   In Italy one year, I got to see a 
bone-stock pushbutton Pantera parked next to a very stock GT5.   I meant to take a 
photo to show the contrast, but didn't get around to it, and the pushbutton 
owner took off and didn't participate in the rest of the event.   Very sad 
for me, because it was a beautiful example of a 'standard' car from the first 
50 or so built, complete with two-spoke steering wheel, two headlight 
switches, etc. etc.

Mike
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