[Nobbc] Looking for Jaguar repair information

[Greg Tatarian]

  I was only able to fit 185s on my MGBs after bending the rear fender 
lip up, though they were earlier cars, and a '79 has more vertical 
clearance.
In my youth, I also wanted as much tire width as possible, but there are 
drawbacks, such as heavy steering at low speeds, "hunting" as the tire 
tracks road irregularities, accelerated wear on older suspension 
components, and slicing of tread or sidewalls on fender lips. Old wire 
wheels weren't made for wide, grippy tires like we have today, so they 
take a beating as well. Most tires of the same width the car came with 
originally will be stickier than they were in the day.
Cheers,
Greg Tatarian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of PAUL HARPER
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:33 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Looking for Jaguar repair information
>
> Maybe you can help us out.  Waht is the largest size tire front and back
> that
> can be run on
> a '79 MGB.  My husband likes as much rubber on the road as he can get>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee