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Re: MGB tire size & source

To: lbcnut@att.net, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: MGB tire size & source
From: "Eugene Balinski" <eugeneb@nni.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:29:18 -0500
I bought the Sumitomo HTR-200 185-70R14 from the Tire Rack
.  I believe that they were $39.95 each.    Great tire -
great ride and cornering.   A number of the list members
have them and like them.


Gene Balinski
80 B

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:47:17 +0000
 lbcnut@att.net wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm just visiting this list from Triumphland, although
> I've
> been on this listserv since the days we were all one big
> happy family (when there was only the "british-cars"
> list).
> So I hope you won't hold my Triumph ownership against me.
> :-)
> (My first car was a '68 Midget)
> 
> I'm writing on behalf on a net-impaired friend who has
> recently
> bought a "barn find" MGB.  He knows very little about
> LBCs
> and has turned to me with questions.  The car is (AFAIK)
> a
> '76 "Anniversary Edition". (that's how he described it)
> 
> The car is still sitting where it has been for decades.
>  He
> wants to trailer it home, but all the tires are flat.
>  The
> local tire dealer tells him that tires to fit this car
> are no
> longer available locally, and can only be found at Coker
> for
> something like $200 per corner.  This sounds wrong to me,
> so
> I'd told him I'd ask "the list".  ISTR this model B had
> unique
> wheels.  So...
> 
> 1) Are the unique wheels some unusual size?
> 2) Will wheels from other ~70s MGBs fit (in case we find
> a part car)
> 3) What is the tire.... errrr tyre size?
> 
> I'm on the digest mode for this list for now, so direct
> replies
> appreciated.
> 
> adTHANKSvance
> 
> LBC'ing U,
> Bob Sykes
> 
> 

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