[Healeys] Tires AGAIN

[tom mitchell]

Hi Michael and all,

Any idea if we can buy and store tires?

I suspect not, yet thought I’d ask.

 

I have a set of Michelin’s,, they look perfect yet are 12 years old and that make me nervous

I’m installing them on the 65 BJ8 that I’ll have to sell in the spring, not that it make it road worthy, yet they are better/newer then what’s currently on there.

 

My Vredestein are good on my driver BJ8, yet not as good in road handling (IMHO). 

I can’t help to wonder if we can’t buy, hide/store tires and bring them out in the future.

 

 

Tom Mitchell

1965 Austin Healey BJ8 MKIII

 

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From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Salter
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 3:10 PM
To: Tom
Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires AGAIN

 

Yes Tom quite true. I didn't know that Kuhmo made that size ever... I would have jumped on a set for sure..

I have been searching for 165/80 15 tires for about 40 years and these Classic All Seasons are first I have ever seen in that size... 

I know tires deteriorate with age but given how hard i had to look to find these I going to buy another set...I'm betting that they won't be around for long.

Michael S

 

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Tom <ah3000me at gmail.com <mailto:ah3000me at gmail.com> > wrote:

This is always a good subject, and one where the older archived posting may not be much help.

I put a set of Kuhmo 165/80R15 tires on my car about 5 years ago, and i think I paid just under $50 per tire.  There were perhaps half a dozen similarly priced tires in this size.  Now it seems choices for 165/80R15 are becoming scarce, too. 

- Tom

 

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Michael <michael.salter at gmail.com <mailto:michael.salter at gmail.com> > wrote:

I know that this subject has been beaten around many many times but....
For anyone looking for a tire that is really close to the dimensions of those originally installed on our cars try these
http://m.tirerack.com/tires/TireResultsServlet?tab=ALL <http://m.tirerack.com/tires/TireResultsServlet?tab=ALL&width=165%2F&ratio=80&diameter=15&zipCode=#0> &width=165%2F&ratio=80&diameter=15&zipCode=#0
In all my years of Healeying I have never come across this size in a radial.
The inflated diameter is only 0.2" smaller than a Dunlop Road Speed.
Obviously not a "performance" tire...and made in China but, lets get real, by today's standards a Healey is not the epitome "state of the art" handling.

Michael S
BN1 #174

 

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