<html><body>I have original Dunlop Road Speed 590 x 15 (H) bias ply tires on my early 100. Purchased from Dunlop dealer at Vintage Tires, Nova Scotia, Canada Five tires $1600, made from the original molds in England. They are tubeless (but use tubes inside), nylon and look period correct but ride like hell. I show the car with these. I keep the car on tire protectors and have a spare set of wheels and Michelin X 165-15 radials for whenever I am able to safely drive the 100 again. Hank<br><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Jean Caron via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br>To: "S and T Miller", "healeys@autox.team.net"<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Wednesday March 24 2021 6:22:31PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 original tires<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shawn,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have checked the book put out by Road &
Track, about road tests of various models of Austin-Healey and
other than references to the tire size 5.90 X15, there is very
little about the brand although in the road test of the 100M, they
make mention of the Dunlop Road Speed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Not knowing what countries required from these
manufacturers, it is hard to say what tires came with the cars in
North America. I know that here in Canada, not sure what year
either, the Canadian requirements were that the headlights fitted
to car coming from abroad had to be Canadian made, so either cars
came with headlights that were sent from Canada to the
manufacturers or they came here without headlights and were
installed by the dealers. Nowadays it is common that a car sold in
a specific country must have a certain percentage of the car that
part have to come from the country where they will be sold. As an
example, today’s Mini Cooper, when it launched in 2002, BMW listed
119 suppliers of parts, coming from Brazil, USA, Germany, UK,
France, Italy, Austria, Belgium and Hungary.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jean</p>
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<a>S and T Miller via
Healeys</a><br><b>Sent:</b> March 24, 2021 7:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a>healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] 100 original tires</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a Dunlop Road speed RS4 (for display
purposes only) hanging in my garage. I was curious what originally
came on the 100? Some sources state Dunlop road speed. From some
light digging I did online it seems a RS2 or RS3 were never made
available. Also found that the RS4 could have been used as early as
56' and the RS5 around 59'. The period ads list the RS4 for the
3000 and a few other cars. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So my question is, was there a RS1? Or even
just a Road Speed without any further letter/number identification?
I almost feel comfortable pointing at the tire and saying "that is
the original tire that would have come on my 57' 100-6", but what
about the 100. Hmmmmm. Could be wrong though.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks all, Shawn</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Millers<br>
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"Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a
test drive."</p>
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