Looking for spare tire M101A1

[koolex11]

Hello all, I'm new to the site, just picked up my first trailer from GL (and an angle grinder!) but I'm having a really tough time locating a spare. I searched the interweb, checked SS classifieds, and spent some time looking through the threads, but found nothing. Sorry if I am looking in the wrong place. Anybody know where I can get one? Anybody want to sell me one???

 

[maddawg308]

The wheel is the same as the M37 Dodge rim. You might want to look at the Power Wagon pages as well and see if someone there has a spare.

Wish I saw this thread a year back, I had 5 spare rims, but I sold them last fall....

 

[Ripcord01]

Welcome to SS, and good luck with your search!

 

[Chief_919]

I have 4 rims with old tires on them here in NC, but I doubt you want to pay shipping.

 

[OLDCHEV4X4]

Hello from S.E. Pa.
I got my spare from Colemans Military Surplus in Millersburg. $75 NDT tire on a rim holding air.
Your near Kempton? The drags are coming up soon.

 

[koolex11]

Thanks Chev, that's the best lead so far! I have a call in to them. I'm about 15 minutes from the Kempton fair. Funny I was just looking at the schedule for 4x4 races. They don't have any deuces run up there, do they?

 

[koolex11]

Thanks Chief for the offer, but for the price of shipping I might as well buy another trailer! Maybe I'll stop by next time we drive to Disney

 

[OLDCHEV4X4]

Thanks Chev, that's the best lead so far! I have a call in to them. I'm about 15 minutes from the Kempton fair. Funny I was just looking at the schedule for 4x4 races. They don't have any deuces run up there, do they?

I've never seen a deuce race in the drags. But they might in the pulls. I used to race a blue 69 Blazer in the drags.
I'm going right through Millersburg tomorrow on my way to the Line Mountain race track. Saturn surplus is in Millersburg too, but I dont think they will have a spare tire.

 

[Oasis-3]

I will have 1 in about a week and your only an hour away.

 

[SSG Rock]

I got a couple at east coast rally in MD this year, you might try there next year

 

[Goose2448]

Welcome to SS from a former Pennsylvanian!

 

[koolex11]

I just saw your offer for the spare, Oasis. Thanks, I found one. It was a lot of work. I wish I had gotten the email alert of your reply! Anyway I think I'll stick with A2's and A3's from now on. Now I'm working on a spare tire holder...

 

[OLDCHEV4X4]

Where did you end up getting it?

 

[koolex11]

It was quite the adventure. Real word-of-mouth deal. I kept talking to old timers in my town that had any interest in cars, and finally my barber led me to a guy up the road with 4 Dodge Power Wagons. He dug up a rim and bead blasted it to make sure the ring was soundly fitted and sold it to me for $50. THEN I had to go to 5 tire shops before I found someone who know anything about Budd split ring wheels. He threw on the sleeve tube and a used Firestone for another $50. The other shops just said "that thing is broken" or "that tire is obsolete" or "that's a suicide wheel" but the guy who helped me didn't say a word and was done in 5 minutes!

With all the trouble I had with a simple thing like a rim and tire, I will never know how you deuce guys do it!

 

[koolex11]

I am getting quite the education on military restoration. This is the first time I have stepped out of my woodworking shop to do something with metal, but it is a fun way to spend the summer!