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Subject: [Healeys] Tire manufacturing dates
From: editorgary at aol.com (editorgary at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 12:29:47 -0400
 Jean Caron posted a link to an article on Edmunds.com about tire age and 
safety. Reading it, I found a mistake in what I've written in several places 
regarding the date of a tire's manufacture. In fact, the date is the last four 
digits of the individual tire code that is molded into the sidewall of the, but 
the first two digits are the week of manufacture -- from 1 to 52 -- and the 
last two digits are the year of manufacture, starting with 00 for the year 
2000. 



The unfortunate fact is that the date on many tires, especially in the earlier 
years, is on the inner sidewall, so the only way it may be visible is by 
jacking up the car or removing the tire. Or, (assuming that all five tires were 
brought at once, as they should be) you can look at your spare.


G.

 

Gary Anderson
Los Altos, California


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