[Fot] Tires

[Terry Stetler]

I would agree on a spec "old timey" tire as well.   If everyone were on the hard compound Dunlops it would save wear and tear on the vehicle and, as you said, put everyone on the same playing field.   I also agree that locking eveyone into a single supplier is not a good thing.

 

Our avocation, be it racing or driving our vintage street cars, is at a crossroads, and tires are a very big part of the problem.   As new cars go to ever increasing rim diameters, and ever decreasing aspect ratios for the tire mounted on those rims, tire manufacturers slowly phase out older sizes.   It's even difficult to get high performance street tires in some 60 series 15 inch sizes now.

 

I don't know what the answer is.   

 

What I do know is that a TR2/3/4/5/6 looks silly with 17" rims and 50 series rubber on it.

 

Hang in there folks.

 

 

Terry Stetler


----- Original Message ----- 

From: Bill Dentinger<mailto:BillDentin at aol.com> 

To: Terry Stetler<mailto:tlizzard at msn.com> 

Cc: John Hasty<mailto:jhasty at mhc-law.com> ; John Styduhar<mailto:johnstydo at gmail.com> ; fot at autox.team.net<mailto:fot at autox.team.net> 

Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 11:50 PM

Subject: Re: [Fot] Tires




I agree with Terry, but go a step further. I think 50 profile tires on a "vintage" race car is outrageous. We're I in charge, you'd all be on 70 profile tires. Tall, skinny tires.  It would be exciting and far more like the way things were. 




So too having a spec tire for our cars.  Everyone one the same tire levels the field.  It would be great.  A downside is NO COMPETITION FROM SUPPLIERS.  We'd be a captured group of buyers.




But... That's none of that is going to happen.




Bill Dentinger

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