- 41. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:15:54 -0400
- Yes, you can install steel wheel hubs on a wire wheel rear in place of the wire wheel splined hubs & wind up with a rear approx. 1-1/2" narrower that will accept Datsun 240/260/280 sized rims. I ran
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01689.html (7,476 bytes)
- 42. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:05:33 +0000
- Just because I am never obe not to step up when given the opening :-) Let me say that I am certain that there are people who successfully run hard on wire wheels, it just happened that I am not one o
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01692.html (8,764 bytes)
- 43. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:46:52 +0000
- Anyone have any problems fitting the 185/70's spare tire in a GT? Wouldn't that extra 3/4" make the tire hit the wood cover? TIA, Dave Houser I am using the MX4 RainForce in the 175R14 size. Peter S
- /html/mgs/2000-08/msg01698.html (7,490 bytes)
- 44. tires (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Sexson <rsexson@excite.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:48:41 -0700 (PDT)
- I have one tire that was the spare in my 74.5 B. The brand name is CINTURATO and made in G.B. IT is size 165-i4. on the tire is Application only to U. S. and canada. Could this be one of the orignal
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01521.html (6,807 bytes)
- 45. Re: tires (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:40:56 -0400
- Not likely, but that's only a guess. Believe you will find the brand to be Pirelli, not Cinturato. I replaced the factory supplied tires on my '69 B with Pirelli Cinturatos, a popular tire in the ea
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01537.html (7,306 bytes)
- 46. RE: tires (score: 1)
- Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:10:56 -0400
- At least it is old. This brand has not been used for ages now. Make is by Cheers, Hans I have one tire that was the spare in my 74.5 B. The brand name is CINTURATO and made in G.B. IT is size 165-i4.
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01548.html (7,096 bytes)
- 47. Re: tires (score: 1)
- Author: paul.hunt1@virgin.net
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:56:02 +0100
- Clausager mainly talks about Dunlop, but says that from August 1969 Pirelli Cinturato and Michelin ZX "were also approved for fitting". PaulH. CINTURATO S.
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01554.html (7,303 bytes)
- 48. Re: tires (score: 1)
- Author: mga <mga@napanet.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 05:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
- It's a Pirelli tire. I think MG's came with Dunlops. Don Scott
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01559.html (7,000 bytes)
- 49. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Don & Donna K." <molly@swns.net>
- Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 21:35:53 -0400
- I'm new to the list but have a question. I am restoring a 72 B roadster and would like to put new "sticky" tires on the car. It will be a daily driver but I will probably drive only ~2000 miles/year.
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00208.html (6,830 bytes)
- 50. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Carl French <cfrench@cybertours.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 21:37:49 -0400
- Also Paint color. I'm looking for early MGB BRG codes my local paint Tell me what kind of color you would like and I will get the NAPA/Martin Senour color codes for any 50-60's color from BMC. Carl
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00213.html (6,571 bytes)
- 51. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>
- Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 20:24:26 -0600
- I have Avon Turbosteel 165 14's. They are sticky enough, and they are also cheap. I think I got them at British Wire Wheel for something more like $60 each than the Coker $138. I'm not sure which Cok
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00214.html (7,601 bytes)
- 52. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 23:19:53 -0700
- The Moss catalog has a table of original MGB colors (excerpt follows): [color name/description/factory code/aftermarket codes/years] British Racing Green/medium dark green/GN 25/RM# BM079, DITZ# 4334
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00218.html (8,057 bytes)
- 53. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 15:29:47 +0100
- The PO put them on my factory V8 but I went back to 185's. Trouble is, now the load-space floor rattles ...
- /html/mgs/2000-04/msg00018.html (6,463 bytes)
- 54. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Mromgbtkd@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:52:42 EST
- Has anyone ever tried to use 195 55/14 tires on a B. Mike
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01712.html (6,178 bytes)
- 55. RE: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:40:25 -0800
- Sorry for a curt answer. I have used 195/60 14 tires many times. IMHO the tire is not large enough to fill the wheel well from front to back and looks a bit daft. It is also has a smaller rolling ci
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01754.html (7,434 bytes)
- 56. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Mromgbtkd@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:15:54 EST
- Thanks for the imput. I intend to run this tire size in SCCA street tire class. The small diameter will change the gearing a little to give me some boost. I have been running yoko 008rsII 185 60/14 i
- /html/mgs/2000-03/msg01765.html (6,390 bytes)
- 57. Tires (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:28:06 EDT
- With the stock rims you would have had 560x15 originals (or 590x15 on a Twincam). Today, the size that works is 165 x 15, and there are a few options - Michelin, Pirelli etc. around. There is no poi
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00005.html (6,496 bytes)
- 58. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 13:08:13 -0700
- BTW, Dunlop also produces 165 x 15. I just put a set on the TD. Bud Krueger 52TD 77MGB
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00016.html (6,699 bytes)
- 59. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "David F. Darby" <darby@tri-lakes.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:06:47 -0500
- Is that would be the Dunlop SP20? I have had very good luck with them on the David F. Darby http://www.mgb.bc.ca/mgz/
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00039.html (6,475 bytes)
- 60. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:46:49 -0700
- That's what I put on the TD. I've heard good things about them from others, Ed Kaler for one. Not bad pricing either, set of four, mounted, balanced, etc. about $230. Bud Krueger 52TD 77MGB
- /html/mgs/1999-06/msg00051.html (6,684 bytes)
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