[TR] small donut wheel

[Alex]

Which prompts another question for pre 1960 TR3's those with the narrow 
spare wheel well. If you are running wire wheels would you use a 48 spoke 
wheel as the 60 spoke and 165 tire will not fit.
Alex Manzo
59 TR3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Mace" <zoboherald at aol.com>
To: <DLylis at aol.com>; <opposumking at verizon.net>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] small donut wheel


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> From: DLylis at aol.com
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> When I got my 3A there was a bias ply tire of no more than 4" in overall
> width in the spare boot, that had clearly never seen a roadway.  It 
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> If it was a Dunlop Gold Seal, size 5.50 or 5.90 x 15, it probably was the 
> OEM tire!
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> --Andy  Mace
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> *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
> *Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph 
> Herald engine with  wings.
> -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus  (22)