joel142
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- Joined
- May 15, 2003
- Location
- Seattle, WA
I thought I might as well jump on the bandwagon as far pictures of cars go. Here's my '71 142 wearing the Canisto wheels I bought from Ardvark122. The rubber is 225 in front and 235 in back.
They fit the 142 perfectly although the grease caps are too tall in the front and I did need to roll the rear fenders. With 225s back there or an adjustable panhard rod (or both) that wouldn't have been necessary. These have FWD offsets which match the classic offset of the 140s. This will probably start-up another discussion about the relative merits of offset versus backspacing. When I was driving the car it handled great. I think the stearing is actually lighter than the 195s the previous owner had stretched over the stock 15" wheels (now that was a mistake).
I just pulled the engine last night so no more crisp handling for a while...
Joel
They fit the 142 perfectly although the grease caps are too tall in the front and I did need to roll the rear fenders. With 225s back there or an adjustable panhard rod (or both) that wouldn't have been necessary. These have FWD offsets which match the classic offset of the 140s. This will probably start-up another discussion about the relative merits of offset versus backspacing. When I was driving the car it handled great. I think the stearing is actually lighter than the 195s the previous owner had stretched over the stock 15" wheels (now that was a mistake).
I just pulled the engine last night so no more crisp handling for a while...
Joel