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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Michael and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Any idea if we can buy and store tires?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I suspect not, yet thought I’d ask.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I have a set of Michelin’s,, they look perfect yet are 12 years old and that make me nervous<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>My Vredestein are good on my driver BJ8, yet not as good in road handling (IMHO). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I can’t help to wonder if we can’t buy, hide/store tires and bring them out in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Tom Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>1965 Austin Healey BJ8 MKIII<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>"Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." - Lou Holtz<br><br>Doing it and doing it right, is up to you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>"Life is what happens</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> to you while </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>you</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>'</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>re busy</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> making </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>other</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> plans." -John Lennon</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Salter<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 22, 2015 3:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tom<br><b>Cc:</b> Healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Tires AGAIN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Yes Tom quite true. I didn't know that Kuhmo made that size ever... I would have jumped on a set for sure..<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>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... <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Michael S<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Tom <<a href="mailto:ah3000me@gmail.com" target="_blank">ah3000me@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This is always a good subject, and one where the older archived posting may not be much help.<br><br>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. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>- Tom<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Michael <<a href="mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.salter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I know that this subject has been beaten around many many times but....<br>For anyone looking for a tire that is really close to the dimensions of those originally installed on our cars try these<br><a href="http://m.tirerack.com/tires/TireResultsServlet?tab=ALL&width=165%2F&ratio=80&diameter=15&zipCode=#0" target="_blank">http://m.tirerack.com/tires/TireResultsServlet?tab=ALL&width=165%2F&ratio=80&diameter=15&zipCode=#0</a><br>In all my years of Healeying I have never come across this size in a radial.<br>The inflated diameter is only 0.2" smaller than a Dunlop Road Speed.<br>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.<br><br>Michael S<br>BN1 #174<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/ah3000me@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/ah3000me@gmail.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><i><span style='color:black'>If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>