<VV> Apparently Not

Thu, 27 May 2004 18:45:46 +0000

Hi Bob

Perhaps,for some, the answer is---why not have both??

I can certainly understand NOT wanting your odometer to turn extra numbers from tires.

For those without a low mileage vehicle.....

The EUM now has 195/70R13 tires on Dan Gurney Aluminum rims donated by Ron Guy.  However, Since these rims are ALMOST too nice to use on a daily driver...(I will be using them for the immediate future.)

 I have some rust free  14" rims that came on the car when Matt sent it from CA. 195/70R14's are still plentiful, and more important for Corvair owners,still fairly inexpensive <G>

When I am able, I will run the 14" rims with some new tires for my commute/grocery errands, and put on the 13's for shows and etc. 

HANK
> 
> From: Robert Marlow <nortechcorp@optonline.net>
> Date: 2004/05/27 Thu PM 05:16:42 GMT
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Apparently Not
> 
> The subject line is the answer to the question I posed in a prior subject
> line:  Tired of Tires?  Apparently not, to judge by the length of this thread.
> 
> It has morphed, as all threads do, from the original subject.   Originally
> a question of what size 15-inch tire might best approximate the factory
> stock rolling diameter, it has become a debate of the merits of 13-inch
> wheels vs "dubs."
> 
> Amusing to me is, as the guy who posed the question about the 15-inch
> tires, I generally prefer 13s.  But the particular car for which I was
> inquiring is a low-mileage original '66 coupe -- fewer than 21,000 mile
> from new -- and I can't stand the odometer now turning over too quickly
> with today's smaller 13-inch tires.
> 
> Swapping wheels is quick and easy, and most importantly, a reversible
> change.  Spiffy wheels are an easy way to "dress up" a 500, which this car is.
> 
> Mark Corbin, they're "only" 15s, so maybe you won't have to hold your nose
> when you walk by my car at the convention.  ;-)  They're aluminum wheels,
> so the combined weight of wheel and tire does not exceed that of the
> stockers.  And I still have the stockers, with the factory wheel covers
> (and the factory spare!), so that should I or a subequent owner choose to
> return them to the car, it can be done.
> 
> Thanks for all the helpful information, though.  I have selected my tires.
> See y'all at Lexington!
> 
> --Bob
> 
> Robert W. Marlow
> nortechcorp@optonline.net
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