[Roadsters] Correct tire size?

[sidney raper]

The 1500s had 5.60x13 tires.  The single carb cars and some early dual carb 
cars had the wide whites.  The later 3 seat dual carb cars and the 2 seat 
1500s had the narrow whitewalls.  While they are narrower than the Gangster 
whites of the early cars, they were roughly twice as wide as the current 
crop of 155R13 tires.

The 1600s had 5.60x14 with a whitewall that was a bit wider than the current 
crop of whitewalls - but again, not Gangster wide.

The 2000s had the same tires as the 1600s with a 6.45x14 (iirc) as an 
option.  Again, they are narrow whitewalls - but still wider than the 
current production.

Coker is the source for the bias ply tires.  Universal sells them as well, 
but I believe that they are a reseller of Coker's products.  None are 
cheap...



Sidney Raper
1964 1500 (still a project.... sigh....)
1967 SRL311 00076 (alive again!)
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html

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