Mike Kraemer from Hoosier promised us a 195-60-15 tire 2 years ago. I gave
up on them when he got hung up developing tires for the Daytona Prototypes.
I can't blame him. This sound like good news at last.
Bob Kramer
rkramer3@austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Marshall" <marshall@nefcom.net>
To: "'Henry Frye'" <henry@henryfrye.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:33 PM
Subject: Tires - good news
> I'm pretty sure this is going to be good news, although I still like the
> idea of being allowed to run 50 profile tires to open up our choices and
> keep cost down. I just spoke to Hoosier and was told that they have two
> (count 'em, two) new tires coming out soon. Supposedly around the end
> of the year (hopefully THIS year) they will offer 185/65/15 and
> 205/60/15 treaded radials for vintage use. According to the person I
> spoke to, we can expect them to cost around $175-$180 (he stressed that
> these are "ballpark" prices) and should perform better and last longer
> than the Vintage TDs. Apparently the first one came out of the mold
> today and he hasn't even seen it yet. He also said that he's not aware
> of any changes having been made to the Vintage TD compound in the past
> couple years but wasn't absolutely certain. Anyhow, we have something
> to look forward to. Don
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Henry Frye
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:49 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Yoko AO48's
>
> The only competition radial tire that is made in our size seems to be a
> loser, not that I held much hope for the AO48 in the first place. The
> tire
> is essentially a slick with some grooves molded in. Not exactly
> vintage...
>
> The quest continues...
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