[Healeys] Vredestein 165x15

[Alan Seigrist]

Steven -

A couple of thoughts - have you tried putting any of your other tyres in the
boot?  Are they all Vredesteins?

If they are all the same tyre, I would recommend getting the standard Dunlop
ply tyre for the spare.  This is what I have in my BN1.  The Dunlops are
perfectly fine as a spare and, of course, fit in the boot properly.

Also note that Longstone Tyres has a very cheap 165x15 with a very narrow
section width from a company called Nexen:

http://longstonetyres.co.uk/page/search?searchMethod=term&searchTerm=590+X+15
http://www.nexentireusa.com/tires-9/SB802

However, I note the Nexen spec sheet is a bit different to the tread specs
on the Longstone tyre site.  The Longstone folks are usually quite helpful
so I'm sure you can call them and ask them to measure the width of the tyre
before you buy it.  If you're lucky this will be a very cheap option.

Let us know if the Nexen tyre pans out, that would be good info to have for
the list.

Alan

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 2:37 PM, <ATIGHTPROD at aol.com> wrote:

> So I'm driving down the road with a spare on my left rear, (an older
> Michelin) and the tire separated, blew apart and bent my left rear fender
>  up
> pretty good. But I survived, didn't crash and the car will be fine, so  all
> good there. My problem now is that I bought a Vredestein 165x15 to use as
> my
> new spare and it won't fit in the spare wheel well of my 1953 BN1.
>    Anyone else have this problem? And if so, how did  you solve it. The
> new tire is wider than either my old Michelin, which was my  spare and the
> tires I have on the car now. Concords, made by who knows who, but  I like
> them
> a lot and they perform well. It seems the Vredestein is wider and  only
> goes
> part way in before it wedges and stops.
>    Any suggestions? And I'm only running 28 lbs of  pressure and it's
> still too fat!
> Steven Kingsbury
> BN1 #598
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