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I'm in Aurora. Work takes me anywhere from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne, from the other side of the Eisenhower tunnel into Nebraska. For most of it I'm in the Denver metro area though. My girlfriend just bought a 78 Bronco 4x4, so if the weather get's really bad I'd be using it.
With something like 10 or 12 of the original 5.5x15 rims begging me to use some of them, I figure on getting 5 snow tires. The 15 inch 240 turbo rims I'm running are probably a bit smaller than the stock tires, I forget the aspect on them.
185/65's are about a 1/2 inch lower. Seems to be a more common size. I may have to think about 14 inch 240 rims for winter, but right now it's not on the top of my list :)
Vredestein makes a 185/65/15, so does just about everyone it seems, including some I've never heard of.
Well, now that I have sizes to play with it's time to seem what kind of discount my girlfriend gets at Discount Tire. She manages a Burger King, and bribes the guys at Discount with food. If I can find something they normally stock I'll get a great deal apparently.
Just passed emissions today. Still running rich, so time to either play the the Zeniths myself or pay someone to do it for me. If I remember correctly MGs used the Zeniths, and I saw a MG shop in my travels. I've rebuilt them once, not bad, but I hated tuning them. Nick's Volvo Shop is okay, but I don't know that they have anything to measure the exhaust. Someone here once mentioned Tom's or something like that. I need to find a good Zenith shop or bite the bullet and relpace the carbs with a Holley or Edelbrock and get some custom work done to use a downdraft. Decisions, decisions. Probably go for the cheaper option.
I replaced the rear-right brak hose yesterday, seems to me the caliper connector on my 72 parts car was a hair larger than the one on my 71. Nothing a quick trip to the autoparts store and a flare tool and pipe cutter didn't fix. Let the guys at Just Brakes flush and bleed the system... one of the nipples was stripped. Hehe, the brake light sensor threw them for a loop. At least I have their warranty that the brakes are in good shape, should be after a new line and caliper on the rear-right and new pads all around... and master cylinder with around 5000 miles on it.
Connor
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