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Re: Tires

To: N5572B@aol.com, healey.nut@gmail.com, healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tires
From: HealeyBN7@aol.com
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:19:40 EDT
I agree 100% also, and just to throw in some fun:  one wonders  how Fangio 
and Moss et al did what they did  :)  Makes you appreciate  their talents, 
doesn't it.
 
Dave
 
 
In a message dated 4/7/2005 8:31:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
N5572B@aol.com writes:

For what  it is worth, I agree with Jerry 100%.  When I  bought my BT7 it had 
 
bias plys on it...SCARY is a word that barely describes it,   especially in 
the 
rain.  First time I drove it in the rain, I looped  it at  a very slow speed. 
 
Fortunately didn't hit anything but I  promptly went  down and put Michelins 
on it...this was in 1971  remember, 165 X-Stops...still a  VAST improvement 
in 
ride, handling  and most of all safety.  Although I did  tear the tread off 
of  
one at about 100 mph...that was interesting.
Dave
59 BT7 still a  project... 8-(

In a message dated 4/7/05 12:22:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight  Time,  
whammie@iopener.net writes:

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, is to drive it on and off  the  
trailer.  you certainly don't want to drive bias-plys at  todays highway  
speeds, particularly, in rainy weather.  i had a  new set of roadspeeds on  a 
100M i 
owned in the early 80's and this  was the snakiest, scariest ride you  can 
imagine and if it started to  rain you better get off the road..   




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