Well after almost two months of work I drove down and got a safety inspection and my 1800 is ready for the road! No more sneaking around the neighborhood on test drives hoping I don't get caught. Sometimes though I just had to drive it around the block to get reinspired to go back to work on the long list of things to make it roadworthy. When I bought the car it was not running, but the body was 95% rust free. I was pleasantly surprised after cleaning out two pounds of rust in the fuel tank and going through the whole fuel system that the engine starts right up and runs good along with a solid transmission and good brakes. Time to start replacing all of the 40+ year old bushings and ball joints etc. Looks like I got a good solid car to do a rolling restoration on.

One of the things that was good when I bought it was that it had a new set of tires on it. So I really didn't pay much attention to the wheels and tires. The car didn't come with a spare though so today while looking at the wheels and tires I realized that the wheels are 14" rims not 15". The tires are P205/75R14. The rims have twelve slots in them. Can anybody tell me if this is a Volvo wheel or do I have some off the wall wheel that I will have a hard time matching. I suppose I can get a regular 15" Volvo wheel and just use it only as a spare if I have to. Be nice to have a matching set of five though.

Thanks
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Bill 69 Triumph GT6 - 74 Triumph Spitfire - 79 chrysler Cordoba

might be a 244 14 inch wheel.
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and the bricks keep on rolling....

Not on a '63 bolt circle -- 4.5" vs. 108mm.

Hard to speculate what sorta wheels you got, but I would definitely say they ain't Volvo... Any chance of a picture? Might be able to figger them out.

-Matt
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-Matt '70 145s, '65 1800s, '66 122s wagon, others inc. '53 XK120 FHC

I don't think they are Volvo wheels. Fords and MOPARs used the same
bolt circle so it may be from one of them. Perhaps if you take it to
a salvage or wheel shop someone there can tell you what they are and
help you to find another one.

I've been using tires like yours except 15" on both my 164 and my 122 wagon
and they work great on both. My guess is that the 14" version is probably
a pretty good choice unless you insist on low-profile tires. All the more
since they are "new". Would be a shame not to use them!

Thanks for the replies. Since the tires are new, I'm going to stick with what is on the car for now. If I can't find a matching wheel I'll look around for a 1
5" wheel to use as a spare. I've posted a picture in the picture section if the URL doesn't come up here.
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Bill 69 Triumph GT6 - 74 Triumph Spitfire - 79 chrysler Cordoba