All good suggestions and thanks for them! I had forgotten that I do have one of those harbor freight manual tire changers and a modified pallet to mount it to (for stablity … and add my weight standing on it and it ain’t going nowhere!) hiding in the garage hoard, so I will probably just order up a couple of inexpensive new 185/80-13 trailer tires ahead of time and just swap them onsite. If a portable tire inflator doesn’t have the wind to snap the bead in place, I can hit a gas station for some air … I’ll be ready for something cold by that time, anyway! I think I will wait until I can break down all the tires, sandblast/check the rims for true, and repaint them before investing in good “keeper” tires. I get the appeal of stepping up to 14” wheels … but, man! I am a sucker for those “faux” Barracuda wheel covers with the “pretend chrome lugs” on ‘em!
Yeah, waited 35 years to finally land a big glass Barracuda (life stuff got in my way: college, marriage, moving, etc. etc. with many many ‘near miss’ cars along the way), so I really don’t want to ruin it (or hurt somebody) just getting it home!
