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Subject: | Tires |
From: | "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com> |
Date: | Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:28:47 -0700 |
List; I have been looking for replacement tires for the 6;50-18 drive tires on my roadster since one went through the first layer of cord on the sidewall at El Mirage in May. The 'Stones had been on the car since around '70 and on a Stude before that. I need around a 30 inch dia. tire to work with the set up I have. Ordered MT tires but now don't know if they are coming. While helping a friend at Sears Point Vintage Sports Car Race I got talking to a Dunlop Tire guy that was there and he suggested I look at their Vintage race tires. He said they are made with all the latest materials as any new tire but in the old molds. They have a 6:00-18 at 30.1 inch dia. and a 7:00-18 at 32.1 inch dia. along with many other sizes. He also told me they are made for the speeds you would expect from a '60s Indy roadster when the drivers sat behind Offys as is proper. According to him they are better than the 8:00-18 Firestones I have on the Vega which the SCTA rate at very fast. I ordered two of the 6:00-18s. They can be viewed at http://www.sascosports.com/products/dunlop/vintage.htm from whom I purchased the tires. They are in Va. and these might be good tires for Maxton. I later found I could have also got them from Roger Karus much closer to home. Rich Fox /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive |
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