[madmike3435]

If your running a 15" x 4" chevy ralley wheel with Chevrolet 4 3/4" bolt pattern , just find a 15" tire that's a 78 series and bingo, you got a spare.

mike     

[sixball]

I'm not familiar with the coaches but would it be possible to fudge 6" to 8" from behind the rear seat? Could you possibly build a seat back that could contain or at least fit around a spare?

[munch]

I'm not familiar with the coaches but would it be possible to fudge 6" to 8" from behind the rear seat? Could you possibly build a seat back that could contain or at least fit around a spare?

That my friend is an awesome idea.  The rear seat isn't original by a long shot and not very good.  Could probably build something in between the back and frame.  It might create a little shelf between the seat back and body under the rear window.  Might look ok.

Great idea that certainly deserves some attention.

Thanks

Oh, my Coach is the in the upper left hand of the banner with the Rusty Bowtie logo on the door. 

[sixball]

I knew that was your coach I just didn't know how much room you could carve out inside and have enough leg room.  If you stick with a skinny spare most of it might fit in the seat back. Maybe there would be room for a jack and some tools. What about space under or in the bottom cushion? With some of the new foam padding it might even be comfortable.

[munch]

I knew that was your coach I just didn't know how much room you could carve out inside and have enough leg room.  If you stick with a skinny spare most of it might fit in the seat back. Maybe there would be room for a jack and some tools. What about space under or in the bottom cushion? With some of the new foam padding it might even be comfortable.

That is a thought, maybe hinge the seat bottom so it flips up to reveal the tire and tools.  Not sure how you would made it deep enough to conceal a tire and still be comfortable, but definitely worth thinking on.

Thanks Sixball

[sixball]

Where there's a will there's a spare.    Back of seat, bottom of seat, dimple in floor below seat, hinged rear body panel below the belt line, run an inline engine and put it under the hood. put it on a top luggage rack, or use run on flat tires so you don't need a spare. We can solve these problems. We are "hot rodders" that's what we do. 

[vette59jdwl]

  I just had a BF  why not use two ideas  Mikes idea and my idea put together .Take a couple of sheets of starfoam cut out the shape of the spare tire  any size you wish  then when you have it all cut out to shape and are satisfied that it is ok then cut the center out the size of a doughnut and place the doughnut in the center cutout.You could place a steel cover over the tire or make a cloth cover like MIKE  showed us  earlier.     vette59jdwl

[madmike3435]

keeping in mind that the extruded pink Styrofoam insulation from home depot, only comes 24" wide.

If you want a donut larger you will have to get creative with the sheeting to make a larger donut........damn, this donut talk is making me want to make a run to TIM HORTONS.

mike lynch