OddBall Dutch Ford

[Bill Murray]

Thanks Hanno:

I rather suspected the same thing as the spare tyre seems to be of normal size, not the military size.

Which, would have made for some interesting driving characteristics if it had to be used as a spare.

Nothing to do with military vehicles, but I leased a 1999 Ford Lightning pickup for three years. It was a supercharged Hot Rod truck that was incredibly fast. Twice, I punctured tyres on the truck and had to use the spare which was not one of the 250 kmh rated "Super Tyres". The spare was much taller and much narrower than the supplied high performance tyres.

When the rear went down and I mounted the spare, I could hardly touch the throttle with out the spare tyre spinning like hell.
When the front went down, I had to hold the steering wheel hard to the opposite lock to keep the truck straight.

It is a nice looking vehicle, by the way.

Cheers
Bill