<VV> [FC] 17" or 18" wheels on an FC

[David Neale]

I have no experience of anything to do with FC Corvairs.  However ...

Here in Britain, and I suspect across Continental Europe, also, very low 
profile tyres, looking rather like elastic bands, are supplied by their 
manufacturers at a very low price to car manufacturers, who push them as 
an option, in large-diameter format, in cars such as Range Rovers, BMWs, 
and other somewhat high-end cars.  Owner feedback suggests that the life 
of these tyres is very much shorter than 'traditional' types.  
Furthermore, they are extremely expensive to replace.  Again, owner 
feedback suggests that they are indeed more susceptible to damage from 
the increasingly potholed roads we have here in England.  Another 
downside is that cars equipped with large-diameter, very low profile 
'bling' wheels are significantly harder to sell as used cars, because of 
the great cost of tyre replacement; and there is a concomitant reduction 
in the selling price of a used car so equipped. The emergence of these 
tyres was for marketing and cosmetic purposes only.

David Neale

1965 140HP Monza convertible 4-speed awaiting paint in leafy 
Leicestershire, England.