<VV> Tires again. Sorry

[Bill Elliott]

Nick, I agree. They look "right" and fit well. But that size is no 
longer available in the US (more than just a little difficult to source) 
and only in limited availability around the world.

(Larry Claypool had a US source (made in Asia?) for this size and I was 
able to get an inexpensive set of V-rated tires for my wife's 'vert. But 
when I tried to get a second set from him for my Corsa, they had dried up.)

A Corvair performs much, much better with at least H or better speed 
rated tires on it (due to the stiffer sidewall and increased grip). My 
wife's otherwise stock '67 'vert was utterly transformed by going from 
stock wheels and 185 section economy tires to stock GM 14x6" steel 
wheels and those V-rated tires. (Okay, I added a set of Konis as well...)

But these days you can't get anything with an appropriate outer diameter 
but an S-rated tire in a 13 and nothing better than an H rated tire in a 
14 (with all of those still really being too short).

Only at a 15" rim diameter do the choices really exist... and even those 
are less than what they used to be, the widest selection now being in 
the 16's.

Bill


Nick Elzinga wrote:

>The best tires for a late model Corvair fitted with 14 inch rims are 
>205/65 14   These are what I have on my car and there are no clearance
>issues.  They are perhaps a little difficult to source, but they are
>available.  They also look just right in terms of width and profile.
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>Nick Elzinga
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