[Spridgets] Cool wheel VTO? Just like the AMR Libre.

Chris King cbking at alum.rpi.edu
Tue Jun 15 14:04:24 MDT 2010


That's the same problem I have with the Cosworth Vega. Nobody stocks a
195/70/13 (the metric eqivalent of the OE BR70-13). The car has
205/60/13's on it, but I'm not sure how long those will be made either.
Coker is not an option, as the Cosworth Vega club has approached them to
make a run, but they won't tool up unless they have sufficient demand.
 
When I next need tires, I'll probably try to get a set of 15x6 Minilites
(painted gold) to approximate the look of the stock Cosworth wheels.
 
Even my old E30 BMW is starting to run into this issue with 14" tires.
It takes a 195/65/14. When we bought the car in 2002 there were plenty
of choices in tires. Last time I checked, about 2 years ago, there were
only 6 different brands available in that size.
 
-=Chris

Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/ 

 <-----Original Message----->

 	  	 From: David Riker [davriker at nwi.net]
Sent: 6/15/2010 10:04:11 AM
To: pythias at pacifier.com;grunthaner at gmail.com
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Cool wheel VTO? Just like the AMR Libre. 

I just faced this dilema with my 63 Falcon. I found a nice straight
stock 
set of 13" 5 lug wheels and had them sand blasted and powder coated. I
then 
went to buy tires. The stock C78-13. In radials, that's a 185/80/13. 
Firestone lists them, but has been on national backorder for 8 months, 
Hankook lists them, also on backorder. Maxxis (?). Then there were snow 
tires, and trailer tires. That's it. I found a set at Les Schwab (house 
brand made by Hankook). Next time I need tires for it, my only choice
will 
probably be the reproductions from Cooker Tire, pricey, and Bias Ply. 
Dave Riker 
PS, So how about he makes a set of those wheels in 15"x5 for Midgets? 
They'd work on RWA and Bugeye's....... 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill L" <pythias at pacifier.com> 
To: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner at gmail.com> 
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:50 AM 
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Cool wheel VTO? Just like the AMR Libre. 
I've checked places on tire 
> availability including Tirerack, and find that the selection of 
> 13" tires is slowly dwindling. ONE high performance, NINE all 
> season, and FOUR ice and snow. In the 14s we have choice of 34 
> different tires, only SIX of which are winter. I talked to my 
> tire guy and he said no auto maker has made 13" wheels standard 
> since the mid 1980s, thus the dearth of selection. 


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