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Subject: BACK IN AUSTRALIA


Author:
HANK HANNIGAN
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Date Posted: 11/ 26/ 01, 3:45pm

TO ALL OF YOU WE MET AT THE RALLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HELPED AND EDUCATED US WITH THE "NEW" BIRD (77FC33) NATY AND I THANK YOU AND WANT TO SAY OUR TRIP FROM GEORGIA TO CALIFORNIA WAS TROUBLE FREE.

WORST PROBLEM WAS OUR 10 HOUR STOP OVER IN NEW ZEALAND BECAUSE TWO OF UNITED'S 747 ENGINES DECIDED THEY HAD ENOUGH! WE WAITED FOR THEM TO CHARTER AIR NEW ZEALAND TO FINISH THE THREE HOUR FLIGHT TO MELBOURNE. WE ARE JETLAGGED BUT HAPPY TO BE BACK UNTIL END OF MARCH. I MISS THE BIRD WE LEFT IN LA ALREADY. SO MANY THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AND DO. WE CHANGED OIL AND FUEL FILTER WITHOUT A HITCH. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT CHANGING TO "BIG WHEELS" AS OURS ARE SIZE 10. I AM INTERESTED IN BIG WHEEL ALCOAS ETC. ANY HELP OUT THERE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
WELL MUST GET BACK TO THE BARBY NOW TO COOK THE KANG.
BEST TO ALL,

HANK AND NATY

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Author:
Jeff
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Date Posted: 11/ 29/ 01, 5:53pm

Hank:

The "big wheels" are simply 22.5 wheels. Your bird should have 10.00 x 20 tires now, which are the same diameter/revs per mile as 11Rx22.5 tires (the most common truck tire on the road and almost $100 cheaper than 12R x 22.5 or 24.5s. This means that your speedometer will not need to be changed. If you have the older 9.00 x 20s, you will need to change the speedo gear.
My '77 already had alcoa 20s, so the wheel studs were already the right length. If you go from steel to aluminum, you will have to replace the studs (40) and the rear inner nuts (20). I found 22.5 polished wheels at a truck junkyard, two on a burned '99 holiday rambler navigator, four more (zero miles) on a new Freightliner chassis never finished ('99 also). I paid $125each, basically stole them. New they are at least $300/each polished. Beware of wheels from wrecked trucks and buses, they can be bent or cracked. Check them carefully.
You will need stud-centered or Budd wheels, BlueBird used these until '02 but most trucks and buses switched to hub-centered years ago, a good truck wheel man can tell the difference but Budd wheels in good shape are getting difficult to find (although they usually can be polished).

- Jeff

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hank hannigan
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Date Posted: 11/ 30/ 01, 1:26am

thanks jeff. i will hold on to this message about the wheels. much appreciated.

best,

hank

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