I was under the assumption that a spare tire for a 5 lug car should fit any year Mav/Comet. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
The earlier 5 lug wheels will not fit the later disc brake cars. The center hole is too small. Lee "THE MAV" Richart
Interesting, I might have to do some testing. We discovered the hole in the center on my spare was too small to fit a 74 drum brake car front. Craig pointed out it was not the original spare though.
1974 should have the spare with the bigger hole in the middle. That is what you need if you have a 1974 drum front end or disc brakes.
Just 74 or 74 and up? We were trying to put my 73 spare on a 74 without success. I have never acutally tried my spare on my car though.
I bought a '76 once and when I went to pick it up a tire was flat. I got a spare and when I went to take the flat off...someone had put an earlier year tire and rim on and I spent about 45 mins. beating......the rim off the hub. that's when I found out there is a difference between disc. brake rims and drum rims...