I hate to ask, but is there anyone between Shreveport,
LA and Dayton, TX who has a 14" MGB wire wheel with a
useable 175-size tire they can let me borrow? I need
to get the MGB back to Clear Lake, and that means
replacing the tire, which isn't going to happen where
the MG is right now...the town it's in has no power,
none expected for minimum 2 weeks. If someone's got a
wheel and tire somewhere between Shreveport and
Dayton, TX (like maybe Longview, Marshall, Shreveport,
Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Diboll, you get the idea), I can
make a slight detour and pick it up on the way down,
then just slap it on the B and get it home tomorrow,
then replace the shredded tire in Clear Lake where I
know I can get tires for the MG with a week's shipping
delay, and there's power for the bead breaker machine.
Otherwise, it's a week or more before the B gets
home...
Thanks folks...Lane
> --- Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Well folks, it's been a while since you've seen my
> > name on the MG list. I've been busy with
> rebuilding a
> > 1973 VW 412 for the last year or so. I got my red
> '67
> > running sweetly about 3 years ago, and I've been
> > driving it as my daily driver ever since. We live
> in
> > the Clear Lake City region of Houston, TX, so we
> > bugged out yesterday, and headed for Shreveport,
> LA to
> > stay with relatives. We were in a 3-car convoy
> > (fortunately), and the MG shredded the left front
> tire
> > about 50 miles down the road. No spare, the OE
> spare
> > was loose and wobbly when I got the MG due to
> really
> > badly loose spokes and rusty nipples, and
> fix-a-flat
> > couldn't fix this one (the tire itself threw a
> cord).
> > I was very fortunate, a kind rancher let me
> deposit
> > the MG near his barn, so it should be OK until I
> can
> > get back to it. After Rita passes, I'll go back
> and
> > get the tire replaced, then see if my house is
> still
> > there.
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