[DeTomaso] New/old owner with tire/wheel questions.

[Dave Londry]

That would be a cool, cool FWD Pantera  look wouldn't it?
Brain fog let me clip the tire size out of Jeff's email and read it as 245.
Dave

On 2022-05-24 11:29 a.m., MICHAEL DREW wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Nobody is running around with front tires that are bigger than the back. Just to be clear, you both mean 245/40-17 front, not 345….👍
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 24, 2022, at 10:30, Dave Londry <davel at trguys.com> wrote:
>>
>> With Michelin PS2s on 345/40/17 and 335/35/17 I run 35 PSI front and rear.
>> I did mess around with those numbers starting at 30 and ending up at 35.
>> Dave
>>
>>> On 2022-05-24 7:21 a.m., Will Kooiman wrote:
>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>
>>> If I recall correctly, the Coddington wheels use normal Pantera center caps - with the clips.  It should be easy enough to remove one and verify.  I'll check mine when I get a chance to go to the garage.  Working from home today.
>>>
>>> I did the same thing - but I didn't sell my Pantera to buy a Gen-2 Viper.  I now have both - and feel lucky every day.
>>>
>>> I'm about to buy new tires for mine.  They have plenty of tread, but they're not holding air anymore, and they are hard as rocks.
>>>
>>> I use 32psi or at least in that range.
>>>
>>> Will.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/23/22, 3:34 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jeff Udelson via DeTomaso" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>         3 years ago, I mistakenly sold my 72 after 25 years of ownership.
>>>         Bought a bucket list car, a first Gen Viper. Very nice car but not a
>>>         Pantera. Happy to say that I just bought another early 72. It has
>>>         Coddington 17s shod with Pirelli P Zeros. 345/40/17 a 335/35/17. My
>>>         first experience with 17s on a Pantera. What is the consensus on tire
>>>         pressure for just normal street usage? Also, it has the Coddington
>>>         center caps which I assume are bolted from the inside. Will the
>>>         DeTomaso logo centers available from all of the venders that are held
>>>         in by the circle clip work with these wheels? And if so, how are you
>>>         retaining them?
>>>
>>>         Thanks,
>>>
>>>         Jeff
>>>
>>>         Happy again in Atlanta with #2371
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