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[Healeys] Re Tires in Concours; Just to clarify

Subject: [Healeys] Re Tires in Concours; Just to clarify
From: editorgary at aol.com (editorgary at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 18:09:29 -0400
 One comment suggested misreading -- In the new standards, we accept both 
bias-ply and radial tires for concours, without giving either one point 
differences, without deduction as long as they are the correct original 
narrow-width thread with tall sidewall size for the car -- 5.90x15 and 165x15. 
We have a standard deduction for any other tire size, we deduct for a 
non-matching spare, and we do not inspect cars with tires over 10 years old. 



The reasoning is that safety is paramount -- old tires can delaminate without 
warning, regardless of appearance, with life-threatening consequences -- and 
beyond that we prefer to see concours cars with appearance as close to original 
as possible with any part where the original brand is no longer available, and 
we do believe that all new tires from standard sources in the original sizes 
are safe and reliable for use in long-distance touring at highway speeds. 

 

Gary Anderson
Los Altos, California


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