- 1. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Healey" <healey@salisbury.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:07:32 -0500
- I got this information from Allen Hendrix in the past. Below is an example of a DOT Safety Standard Code. DOT MA L9 ABCD 036 The following information will tell you how to read serial numbers on all
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00362.html (7,420 bytes)
- 2. Fw: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "John Soderling" <jsoderling@astound.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:55:49 -0700
- Below is an email I posted several months ago re tires. I just bought the Kumho 758, size 165R15 from Tire Rack on line. Kumo makes a good tire. A tire that looks more vintage style are hard to find
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00217.html (7,027 bytes)
- 3. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "KENNETH MASON" <meditionm@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:18:38 -0700
- I have not yet looked at this site, but will pass it on to the list anyway. Autoweek magazine published this in a brief paragraph that said vintage tires were now available for Healeys and other Brit
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00088.html (7,256 bytes)
- 4. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Patton Dickson <57healey@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:16:22 -0500
- Wow, this is close. https://universaltire.com/Prodviewer.asp?ID=488 -- Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX '57 A-H 100-Six - http://Austin-Healeys.com
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00094.html (7,567 bytes)
- 5. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Patton Dickson <57healey@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:19:45 -0500
- What ever became of the Gillett Wide Track 165/82x15 Hendrix is selling, someone was going to report back, but it was supposedly dead on. Patton -- Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX '57 A-H 100-Six - htt
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00095.html (7,339 bytes)
- 6. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Mike MacLean <macleans@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:42:53 -0700
- I emailed Universal tires and this is their response about tires for my BN2: Dear Mike,H Dunlop Roadspeed We offer the 590x15 Dunlop Roadspeed, the 165R15 Vredestein and the 165R15 Centred tires. Reg
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00096.html (8,120 bytes)
- 7. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: <INSPTWO@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:29:38 -0400
- BTW I forgot to mention in my reply, that the term "Wide Tracks" is a missnomer. They are not a wider tire. Thats the first thing I asked Hendrix when I had him on the phone. Bill BJ7
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00098.html (7,502 bytes)
- 8. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Braun" <peter.braun@minifairfieldcounty.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:52:05 -0700 (PDT)
- Close? What's not right about it?......Anyone have close-ups of the side markings?
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00101.html (7,710 bytes)
- 9. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Patton Dickson <57healey@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:50:50 -0500
- Outside of the price? :) The diameter was 25.88 and I think that the original was 26.00. Too bad they are way, way out of my price range, Patton -- Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX '57 A-H 100-Six - htt
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00102.html (7,968 bytes)
- 10. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:09:19 EDT
- I just looked at Coker - they have revised their interface, and now actually acknowledge our cars! They also have 5.90-15 bias-ply BFG blackwalls for $96 apiece. I do not see a speed rating listed,
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00148.html (8,239 bytes)
- 11. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:01:14 -0500
- one of the problems of the list is erroneous information being imparted to those that don't know any better. the only reason to ever put bias-ply tires, dunlop roadspeeds or any others on a healey, i
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00154.html (11,620 bytes)
- 12. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: MBran89793@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:33:00 EDT
- FWIW for several years I have been driving my BJ8 "Blackie" on Good-Year Eagle GT+4 in 195/70-15 size on 15" x 5.5" MiniLite reproduction wheels. To me these have the correct appearance on the BJ8 an
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00155.html (9,208 bytes)
- 13. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:49:57 EDT
- WOW!! - HOW on earth did we EVER survive without radial tires - especially the Brits with their weather! For racing/track use, I certainly agree with you - radials grip better - so much better that t
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00157.html (9,223 bytes)
- 14. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:10:16 -0400
- Those tires are fatter than stock, and really don't look right. My BJ8 came with Dunlop radials -- 165 or 175, if memory serves (and these days, increasingly it doesn't). I hope that no one here is u
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00159.html (8,603 bytes)
- 15. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Bluechipracing" <bluechipracing@snet.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:40:44 -0400
- Jerry: While I agree that Radial tires are the best choice for most street and highway driving, (I run the Michelin175-15s on my BN7), I have been racing the BN1on Dunlop bias ply and Hoosier bias pl
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00161.html (9,602 bytes)
- 16. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "dwflagg@juno.com" <dwflagg@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:41:41 GMT
- I don't know how old you have to be to qualify as a toothless old fart, but I have driven many miles on bias-ply tires and would never do so again unless it was for a show and not a long drive. Have
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00162.html (9,775 bytes)
- 17. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:38:47 -0500
- i've driven healeys all over the usa with radial tires and never collapsed a wheel, however, i will be the first to admit, all of my healey miles since 1992 have been with 5.5" mini-lites which are t
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00164.html (10,305 bytes)
- 18. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:22:09 EDT
- Yer oldern me! - I was only 13 in 1950! Still have all 32 of my own teeth, too! Just a "figure of speech", as it were. :-) I presently have 175R15 Michelins on my car and they are fine. I could not
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00169.html (8,395 bytes)
- 19. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:40:04 -0700
- I've had good luck with the Michelin "Harmony" in 195/65 R15. This is the current Michelin offering for mini vans and small cars. I'm also running the 15"X5.5" Panasport wheels. I have no problem wit
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00175.html (9,777 bytes)
- 20. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:45:17 -0700
- Many did not.
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00176.html (7,646 bytes)
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