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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Fred-</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am running P175 80R 13" on my 66 with a whitewall
close to what you are looking for. They are Bridgestone's and I paid
$50.00 for the set of four, brand new from Firestone. I recommend calling
around to local tire shops as many have discontinued brands they sell to clear
them out as not many people want 13" tires these days. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am against changing to 14" or larger as the
Corvair was designed to have a 13" tire for a reason. Now many will
disagree with me, and that's fine, but the handling and steering may be
adversely affected by changing wheel size. The offset is critical to
proper suspension geometry and when you start playing around with wheels, you
can have a car that handles odd. I have driver many Corvairs with 14"
wheels......that's why mine runs 13"s. Just my two cents.........and
good luck tire hunting! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=fjones08@comcast.net href="mailto:fjones08@comcast.net">Fred</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bsc-list@corvair.org
href="mailto:bsc-list@corvair.org">Bay State Corvairs (MA)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> BSCC- Tires</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>I am a new member and recently
purchased a restored 1965 Corsa convertible. It came with
175/80R13s in fair shape... I want to upgrade to 185/80R13s
for a better fit and less speedometer error...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> Anyway...What is
everybody doing for tires these days? The tires I am finding have
only 1/2" whitewalls, and I wanted to have them closer to the 15/16ths that
came originally... Any information would be helpful.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Fred Jones</FONT></DIV>
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