[Healeys] Regarding tires

[Bob Spidell]

These look pretty good. Too bad they don't come in 175 or 185 size.

Bob



On 12/30/2014 6:46 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
> After searching for a long time I finally decided to purchase these tires for daily use on #174.
> http://tinyurl.com/qcqdu2p
> Even with these mounted on 60 spoke wheels I don't expect to be doing much in the way of "aggressive" ​driving and it 
> looks as though these will fit into the spare wheel pocket without having to resort to Michael O's "enlargement" process.
> They are only about 1/2" smaller in diameter than the original Dunlop RS5 ​which is a considerable improvement over 
> most of the alternatives.
> I have a set of the repro RS5s on the early type 48 spoke wheels but they are totally scary on anything but dry 
> pavement and will only be used for shows; with the tiny amount of grip those things generate I can see why 48 spoke 
> wheels were considered adequate...
>
> Michael S
> BN1 #174
> -- 
> */​I now have rebuild kits for all 6cyl water pumps..​/*
>


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