Wade 10 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 (edited) hey guys, I just got back from a car show today and came back with 2 awards; best Ford in show and 3rd place in the concours class. I drove it there and then spent and hour cleaning little bugs and debris off of it. I got dinged for several things by the concours judges, I need to get a spare tire and jack. I did not think they'd look in the trunk. Anyway, I need to find a good place to get a factory correct spare tire, jack and mounting hardware. Does anyone know if the Cougars had the same spare tire set up? there is a big junkyard full of old Cougars not too far away. Anyway, I was not expecting to win anything but was very pleased. There was a band playing and after the awards they dedicated their next song to the 1969 Mach 1 Mustang and then played Mustang Sally! It was great fun at the car show. I was parked next to a 427 Cobra and there was a GT40 across from me. Edited August 23, 2010 by Wade Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70mstang 11 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 Congratulations! Considering you were a driver up against concours restored cars that's pretty impressive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wade 10 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 I'm posting a few photos. One of them shows the judges around it, they kept coming back and looked it over 4 different times and one said "man you guys make it hard on us". I have quite a few more to post but it has a 5 pic limit. The Chevelle SS was a very nice restoration and I had never seen a Plymouth Fury like that. Now I just need to fix a few details, priority one being the spare wheel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 286 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 Awesome, that's impressive. I see lots of OEM jacks at swap meets. I would think Cougars had the same jack. I have my original jack but the "socket" had split. I found another handle at a swap meet with a badly bent arm but a perfect socket for $10 .. drove the pins out, swapped sockets with a new pin from Fastenal and it's good as new. Even jacks in good condition aren't prohibitively expensive. And they are reproduced as well. I would think the correct spare would be an old school plain steel rim. For true concourse, you'd need an E70-14 bias ply tire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf2U 136 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 Yes the Cougar uses the same jack, handle, tire tiedown as the mustang. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wade 10 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 I was just told that the spare was a full size spare wheel unless the car was ordered with a "Space saver" spare wheel. Mine was not ordered with that. According to the Marti Report My car was ordered with: F70x14 Wide Oval Belted Tires White Sidewall tires Would the spare be that size too? And what is the difference in the "E" versus "F" sizes? thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70Mach03 12 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 Full size spares were the same size as the original equipment on the car so as to be able to rotate the tires. A 225/70/14 is pretty close to a F70x14 tire size. a 205/70/14 is pretty close to a E70x14 tire size. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 286 Report post Posted August 24, 2010 In the old numbering system, the letter was the load range, the next 2 digits were the height-to-width ratio (78, 70, 60, 50) and the last 2 digits were the rim size in inches. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grendi 16 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 E70-14 Overall diameter: 25,7" Cross section 8" Tread width 6.4" F70-14 Overall diameter: 26,2" Cross section 8,3" Tread width 6.7" Source: http://cokertire.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites