Re: SpareTireStowage

[tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera)]

>> I am thinking of stowing my spare tire in the engine compartment, 
>> sort of like early Subarus.  How can I fit it in there?  Mark  
>
>Um...  Take the engine out?  Cut into about 6 pieces and cram 'em in the
>empty spaces?  Buy an early Subaru?  Transplant a Subaru flat-4 engine

Mark,

Don't you already have a 196?  Is that a Scout or Scout II?

I bet I could darn near fit a tire on the driver's side of the engine bay in
my '77 w/ the 196.. well, a 235/75R15 anyhow.. not 33x12.5s or such.

Hmm.. make a switch to some 17" wheels, put a body lift on it, and you might
be able to find an air-cleaner small enough to fit inside the "off-set" fo
the wheel, and just mount your spare over the air cleaner housing!

-Tom Mandera, Helena MT
http://www.tmcom.com/~tsm1/scout
'72 and '77 Scout IIs