454Big - It's done now!

[Wesch]

Hi Groovyjay

Wow, great rims.
What make are they, torque thrust ?
I wonder if those whould look good under my 68 ?
Too bad, I can't try them out.
Did you ints^tall them yourself ? How did you work out if they will fit ?
Isn't it risky to order those rim and tire combo without being sure it all fits ?
I found it being rather difficult to get realy positive answers on how big all can be mounted without cutting up the body.

Nice car.

Günther

[454Big]

Jani, wow what a masterpiece!!!

I only had the chance to view your forum pics and will look at the other linked ones later today.

This is an extreme Vette and I followed your workpath for quite a while - good to hear from you and to see how things are proceeding now.

My respect for your work!!!

My project is currently a little bit stuck because of low temperatures - makes painting the underbody quite a mess.....
You may search for "hui buh...." in the C 3 section of the forum. This is almost the latest status.

Keep on the good work!

[groovyjay]

Original von Frank Dragun
Hi Groovyjay,
the overall diameter of the original C2 wheel/tire combination is 63,5 cm (equals a little less tha 25 inch).
greez

So what was the original wheel tyre combo? I thought they used to havej 7" wide steel wheels with 225/70/15 tires, and that would be 27.4016 inches. Even with 215/70/15 it would still be close to 27". What am I missing here? Have I received false information at some point?

Thanks Frank for sharing your knowledge with me

[groovyjay]

Original von hape
w o w ..... hoffe mir steigt jetzt nicht irgendeiner auf´s dach , aber bisher waren die
kunststoff C3 ja nicht sooooo mein ding.... , aber was man da so sieht, nehm ich selbst das zurück !!!!!! - und die felgen kommen auf dem "gerät" richtig gut !
- Kompliment ! - das hat was !

Thanks!

[groovyjay]

Original von Wesch
Hi Groovyjay

Wow, great rims.
What make are they, torque thrust ?
I wonder if those whould look good under my 68 ?
Too bad, I can't try them out.
Did you ints^tall them yourself ? How did you work out if they will fit ?
Isn't it risky to order those rim and tire combo without being sure it all fits ?
I found it being rather difficult to get realy positive answers on how big all can be mounted without cutting up the body.

Nice car.

Günther

Thanks Gunther. yes the wheels are TT IIs all around. I can't see why they wouldn't look good on your 68. I took some measurements before I placed my order, these wheels had to be custom made, so no refund if they wouldn't have fit right. The biggest wheel that can be mounted on a C3 Corvette with OFFSET trailing arms, backspacing is 5.25" Biggest tire is 305, this a fact!

[groovyjay]

Original von 454Big
Jani, wow what a masterpiece!!!

I only had the chance to view your forum pics and will look at the other linked ones later today.

This is an extreme Vette and I followed your workpath for quite a while - good to hear from you and to see how things are proceeding now.

My respect for your work!!!

My project is currently a little bit stuck because of low temperatures - makes painting the underbody quite a mess.....
You may search for "hui buh...." in the C 3 section of the forum. This is almost the latest status.

Keep on the good work!

Thanks Frank, long time no talk! My friend moved to Frankfurth last month and she's been asking me to come visit, and I just might do that. I think would be great to see some German Vetteheads on the same trip.

[Frank the Judge]

7" wide steel wheels with 225/70/15 tires

The very original size was 6.70V15 - something like 185 to 195/70/15 on a 6,5 inch steel wheel. Do not forget this is 40 years ago and not comparable with the C3.

To avoid any misunderstanding I currently drove down to my garage and messured the tires.
---> original tire 63,5 cm diameter
---> my current tires 64 cm diameter

Greetings

[groovyjay]

Original von Frank Dragun

7" wide steel wheels with 225/70/15 tires

The very original size was 6.70V15 - something like 185 to 195/70/15 on a 6,5 inch steel wheel. Do not forget this is 40 years ago and not comparable with the C3.

To avoid any misunderstanding I currently drove down to my garage and messured the tires.
---> original tire 63,5 cm diameter
---> my current tires 64 cm diameter

Greetings

Yup, you are absolutely spot on! Thanks for that piece of information, with the195/70/15 the diameter is 25.748" With 235/40/18 the actual diameter would be 25.4" which is even less than stock! Well, anyway thanks again!

[454Big]

My friend moved to Frankfurth last month and she's been asking me to come visit, and I just might do that. I think would be great to see some German Vetteheads on the same trip

OK, so no fuzzy talking anymore and lets do it!

Take a Shuttle flight and come over - you´re welcome!

Will PN you my phone#'s - I live close by the Frankfurt Main Airport (~40 km)

We can have a talk on our UK experiences and dine at an Indian restaurant?!

[Frank the Judge]

Hoh hoh hoh Indian Restaurant!!!
Jani: When I was working on his cars he was inviting me to McDonald's!!! So do not wonder if Franky is guiding you to a Scottish/American Restaurant and his behaviour is very East-Indian this scrappy ...