What is it worth
Safety Car
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From: Indianapolis IN
Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Unmodified
C4 of Year Finalist (stock) 2019
Melting Slicks
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From: Massapequa Park NY
In addition to JohnRogers spot on post you might want to post this question in the General section as this is the For Sale section and you are asking a question, not selling a car....yet.
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Melting Slicks
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From: PHX AZ
I will answer this succinctly.
I have a 17,700 82 Collector edition with the spare tire that has never been dropped.
I carefully removed it, took photographs, noted that the '****' were still on the tire and all the Goodyear PolyGlas markings and then Carefully unscrewed the Schrader valve, smelled Bowling Green (which apparently smells like 35 year old moldy rubber) and THREW IT IN THE RECYCLE BIN.
Less than worthless...any tire place will charge you $5.00 to 'dispose of it'.
I have a 17,700 82 Collector edition with the spare tire that has never been dropped.
I carefully removed it, took photographs, noted that the '****' were still on the tire and all the Goodyear PolyGlas markings and then Carefully unscrewed the Schrader valve, smelled Bowling Green (which apparently smells like 35 year old moldy rubber) and THREW IT IN THE RECYCLE BIN.
Less than worthless...any tire place will charge you $5.00 to 'dispose of it'.
Last edited by L-46man; May 4, 2017 at 06:57 PM.
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From: Napa Valley California
I pulled my spare down to check it and found it had the original tire still mounted on the rim. It looked like it was only used once or twice. I've spent hours researching and days attempting to do a full rim off restoration on the tire. Please don't tell me I've been wasting my time. It was a real effort to preserve the original bead and remove the tire using Q-Tips. 
