ihave 195/60 series on my 67 tourer although i also have fitted the
LE style wheels as i did have a discussion with my local tire guy and
we decided that although the tires would fit that the extra inch the
LE wheels offer is a much better route
good luck
westley
67 super charged tourer
67 GT
58 MM1000 tourer
60 MM1000 2 dr coupe
Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu wrote:
>
> It's tire time, and this tired old thread raises its ugly tread again.
>
> Has anyone put 195/60's on the stock MGB rims (Rostyle)? I find that
> 185/70's are almost exactly the same diameter as the original 165's, and
> 195/60's are 3.8% smaller. (A 195/65 would be again about the right
> diameter, but I've never seen one.) The 195/70's would be about 2.5%
> larger than original diameter.
>
> Anyway, I've seen the 195/60's on minilites, but are the stock rims too
> narrow to safely use them?
>
> Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding
> daniels@tamu.edu Texas A&M University
> '74 TR6 '77 MGB
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