[Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70

[Thomas Witt]

I guess if the Ford Fiesta crowd can still get 12" tires (and they can)
13"-15" tires may always be available.  What they cost and their quality may
be another story.  BTW, I looked at Coker and the options were very "old
school" tires, not really the performance tires that are desired.  It kind of
make one wonder with the limited demand if a lot of the Coker tires are made
to order. Otherwise the tires would seem to go out of date code if made in
production runs.

----- Original Message -----
  From: michael at michaelshortt.com
  To: Dave Munroe
  Cc: Thomas Witt ; tigers at autox.team.net
  Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 11:08 AM
  Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70


  14 and 15 are history as well, Pantera land is sparse for equipping original
Campy wheels,
  everybody interested in speed and safety went to 17" long ago and are
concerned that those
  are also not long for this world.


  Michael Shortt



  On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca> wrote:

    Tom Witt wrote:

    " I wonder what the future holds for 14" and even 15" tires. Seems like
even the low end econoboxes come with 16" tires anymore. Seems hard to believe
that 60's era muscle cars often came with 14" tires. Maybe as designers need
more space to cram batteries into cars smaller tires will make a comeback.
Then again to handle the weight, maybe not".
    "

    Yesterday, Michelin announced from their Pictou County, Nova Scotia tire
plant that they were laying off 500 workers (plant has been there for over 43
years) due to the falling demand for "small" 14" to 16" tires.

    Looks like my 15" Minilites will be going the same way as the 13"
originals.

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    Dave in Nova Scotia
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