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<div style="direction: ltr;">Excuse jumping in with out knowing all the details but later cars had drums with built-in spacers. Could this be the reason?</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mini-list <mini-list-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of John Lieberman <jlieberman37@comcast.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 17, 2019 2:00:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Brett Nicholson <brett@nicho.id.au>; T.A.J.M. van den Bogaard <T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard@uvt.nl><br>
<b>Cc:</b> mini-list@autox.team.net <mini-list@autox.team.net>; minilist <minilist@yahoogroups.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mini] Tire sizes</font>
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<div>That's strange, Brett, because this car has 165/70R12s on it right now and they don't foul in any way.  Maybe it's because of the offset of the wheels that they're mounted on.  I don't know what kind of wheels they are because they have a Union Jack decal
 covering the center cap, but they look a lot like Minilites.<br>
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I need to get this thing up on a lift so I can get underneath it and take a closer look at what has and hasn't been done to the suspension.  I'm at least the 12th owner since this car was new in '81, according to the paperwork I got when I bought it, so there's
 no telling what all has been done to it by previous owners. <br>
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JL<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/16/2019 6:56 AM, Brett Nicholson wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hi,
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<div dir="auto">165/70R12 will foul on the rear trailing arm bracket.  </div>
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<div dir="auto">All that will definitely fit and clear that bracket is 145/70R12, 165/60R12 or 165/55R12.  </div>
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<div dir="auto">Cheers,</div>
<div dir="auto">Brett.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 16 Sep. 2019, 8:43 pm T.A.J.M. van den Bogaard, <<a href="mailto:T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard@uvt.nl" moz-do-not-send="true">T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard@uvt.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
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I'd go for 165/60 because of experience on my old spi Cooper<br>
That came originally with 145/70 12's;  table beneath here also shows there's less difference to the original in that choice .. apart from that I think 165/60 is better available here in the Netherlands ;-)<br>
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FWIW,<br>
Theo van den Bogaard<br>
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165/60 vs 70<br>
19.8 vs 21.1 dia<br>
3.9 vs 4.5 sidewall<br>
62.2 vs 66.2 circum<br>
1019 vs 957 revs/mile<br>
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165/60<br>
145/70<br>
19.8 vs 20 dia<br>
3.9 vs 4 sidewall<br>
62.2 vs 62.8 circum<br>
1019 vs 1009 revs/mile<br>
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Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 3:22 AM<br>
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Subject: [Mini] Tire sizes<br>
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I think I know the answer to this question before I ask it...but...<br>
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The '81 Mini that I imported to the US from England earlier this year<br>
has 165/70R12 tires (or tyres!) on it.  One of them has a slow leak and<br>
another has a split around part of the sidewall.  So I'm looking into<br>
new tires all the way around.  I can get 165/70 Nankangs here in the US<br>
for less than $50 per tire.  But I'd really like to go with 165/60 Yoko<br>
A539s.  However, to do that, I would have to import them from across the<br>
pond and pay considerably more.<br>
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If you had a choice between 165/70 and 165/60, which would you choose<br>
for a street-driven car and why?!?<br>
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JL<br>
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