On Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:42:33 -0500 Bill Eastman
<william.eastman@medtronic.com> writes:
>Now that I have bored everyone with my opinion on the subject, it is
>time
>to air out the depths of my stupidity. Do MGA's have safety rims? I
>have
>to admit that I have never had a tire off my car (disk wheels) and I
>have
>no idea whether it has safety rims and whether the tires are mounted
>with
>or without tubes. If it has safety rims, I will allow myself to
>remain
>blissfully ignorant until such time as fate forces my hand. On the
>other
>hand, if the A is equipped with non-safety wheels I will have to
>dispatch
>the shadows of ignorance post haste and ascertain the tubular
>predicament
>with which the A is presently inflicted.
>
>Obtusely,
>Bill Eastman
>61 MGA of unknown tubular preferance
>
Have we ascertained what a "safety" rim is? I looked in the TD
workshop manual and saw that the wheel profile was just the same as in
the B literature, and the B was equipped with radials. Were they
tubeless radials in '72?
Bob
alternately inflated and deflated
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