> when I autox'd the car on
> the NYPD test track two years ago.
That would be any New York City street...correct?
:o)))
Dan
--- Michael Graziano <mgraziano@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I've got these Michelins. Nice tire. Ran great
> when I autox'd the car on
> the NYPD test track two years ago.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Adrian Barnes
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:54 PM
> To: Spridgets (E-mail)
> Subject: What a difference tires make...
>
>
> Now that I have joined the driving crowd again, I
> can start contributing
> more useful stuff. :-)
>
> The Pirellis that were on the gold car had plenty of
> traction/tread, but
> they also had plenty of dry rot, so rather than
> drive around on those, I
> decided to put the nice Minator (minilite replica)
> wheels complete with new
> Michelin tires on. So I swapped out with the poor
> purple project car (it
> looks terrible now with the rusty rostyles and dry
> rotted tires on it).
>
> Wow...is all I can say. Anybody thinking about
> tires, those Michelins are
> incredible. The difference between the drive last
> night and the drive today
> were night and day. It's a totally different car.
> I was actually
> confident, despite still not trusting the
> mechanicals. :-) It took twists
> and turns like they weren't even there, but reminded
> me that I need a brake
> job soon.
>
> Anyway, thought I'd share!
>
> Also, I mounted my first top/hood tonight. Good
> thing I had bought that pop
> riveter. That was a tedious job, but relatively
> easy, especially since all
> the holes were already there. Thanks to Steve Byers
> for the top.
>
> adrian
>
> PS The Michelins are X-Metric 155-R13s.
>
> -------------------------------------------
> J. Adrian Barnes
> adrian@workgroup.net
>
> http://www.choosebig.com
> http://www.midgetweb.com
> -------------------------------------------
>
>
=====
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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