So my '70 Cutlass has no spare tire, anyone know where a guy can get a plain old wheel for a cheap tire to throw in the trunk? I've seen replacements on various websites for stupid high prices for an item that there must be tens of millions of identical used items out there.
Thanks

 

Go to a salvage yard, shouldn't be hard to find.

 

If you where close to Decatur Indiana , I would give you one. But I see you are in VA

 

Call Glory Days Jessup MD fix you up cheap 410-627-7401

 

Thanks! I had lots of salvage yards to go to back in Louisiana, up here in the DC area I never have come across one.

 

Crazy Ray's in Mt. Airy. On the other hand, don't expect to find many cars with the 5 x 4.75" bolt circle and zero offset wheels there anymore. If you want 14" for your spare, I've got several.

 

Also, if yours is a disc brake car, "plain Jane" steel rims that fit early disc brake cars are even harder to find.

 

Ed are you under water up there today?

 

Ed are you under water up there today? Looked pretty bad on TV

 

Hey Don,
Sorry I didn't reply sooner. Haven't been on the site for a few days.
No, we're fine right here.
Charleston was pretty much saved from the devastation you saw on the news.
Clendenin area, about 20 miles north of us, was really hit hard.
We drove up that way on Friday.
We got to Elkview, about 7 miles south of Clendenin.
Water was still up and road was closed at that time.
Tried again, Saturday morning.
Road was open so we drove through to Clendenin and about 7 or 8 miles north of Clendenin.
Water was back down. Devastation was unreal. Mud everywhere.
Water level rose to 10 feet above the pavement of the main road.
Normal water level of the river is approx. 20-30 feet below the road level.
Many houses were washed away or destroyed in place.
The river, Elk River, undermined the road in several places.
A couple of buildings actually fell while we were there.
Soon after we left the area, roads into Clendenin area were closed to outside traffic.
Only locals and emergency units were allowed in.
A lot of nice homes destroyed or ruined.
Heart bleeds for those people.

 

My place up there in Tyler Co floods in a heavy dew but escaped this time. Feel bad for those people. Thanks for the info

 

Don't remember hearing anything about Tyler county.
I know other areas of the state had problems.
Greenbrier county was hit pretty hard.
The golf course where the Greenbrier Classic was to be held was really devastated.
Rainelle really got hit hard.
The former record at Rainelle was 22 feet plus above flood stage.
This time it was around 34 feet, about 12 feet higher.
Saw aerial videos on the news. The whole town was under water.

 

Did you ever get your wheel? I have a 15 inch disc brake steelie you can have , it's in New Jersey though and I am not shipping it but your welcome to it for free

 

Thanks everyone. You know, I'm not sure if I have 14 or 15 wheels, I need to check that out before buying one!

 

Unless you really care about the spare matching the four tires on the car, it doesn't matter. Just get close with the tire outside diameter.

 

That's true, hopefully I'll put it in the trunk and never use it. Right now I have nothing, anything would be better than that. I have the correct jack and tire iron, I need to get the trunk mat, wheel cover, and hold down; luckily those are all easily found at pretty much every resto house

 

Like others have said if you was near me i would give you a wheel i have several. I am in Kansas no shortage here. Chevy wheels Pontiac wheels Buick wheels will work.