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<p>Hi Shawn,</p>
<p>Austin Healey 100's came equipped with Dunlop Road Speed 5.90-15 tires. These were Dunlop's tube-type (because of the wire wheels) road tires rated for 100mph. These slotted between their bread-and-butter tubeless tires, the Fort and Gold Seal, and their Racing tire which were mentioned as being "too noisy for road use". The sidewall was quite plain-looking, except for the lettering.</p>
<p>The 100-Six was also fitted with so-called "Optional" Road Speeds, although the very rarely seen stripped-down home-market "Standard" disc-wheel 100-Six model technically came with Gold Seals. This was the case until about the middle of 1958, when the tires became the Dunlop RS-4. An August 1958 road test refers to the "excellent, recently-introduced RS-4's". This tire carried through to the 3000 of 1959-60.</p>
<p>The 1961 Austin-Healey Mk.II came standard with the 130mph-rated Dunlop RS-5.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Peter</p>
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