<VV> : White wall tires

[Frank DuVal]

No, Walmart carries many 13" tires.

And trailer tires are way more than $46 each at Walmart!

He didn't buy 185/80 R13 tires from Walmart, though, he must have bought 
175/70R13, which is too short. I know, as I have a set on my 64 Spyder 2 
door. Look funny, but keep the car off the road, and slightly increase 
rear axle ratio. Quite lively. Back 30 years ago, I ran 175/80R13 tires 
on all my early models. Club members who autocrossed ran A78s fiberglass 
belted on the track. Why? Ask them... Just because the factory size sort 
of relates to 185/80 does not mean that is the only thing that will 
work. Just look at all the wheel diameter changes people do.  Look at 
the tread width actually touching the road of a 6.50-13 Atlas Plycron 
compared to a 175/70 R13 radial. Now the speedometer will be no where 
accurate!

As others have said, you can beat Coker's price on the 185/80R13 Maxxis 
even by just ordering from Maxxis direct. Like $50 a tire beat them! I 
bought two sets direct from Maxxis when they first got reproduced.

Frank DuVal

On 11/28/2015 4:39 PM, Ken Clark via VirtualVairs wrote:
> I would not drive over 20 mph with Walmart trailer tires.  I am however going to buy a set o new whitewalls from Clark's or Coker.  The ones on the '66 car are 21 years old and I don't want a blowout doing 60 mph.  Better safe than sorry.  Ken Clark
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>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 13:03:51 -0500
>> Subject: Re: <VV> : White wall tires
>> From: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>
>> Ummmmmm
>>
>> I'm a little worried about the fact you said you paid $46 each for tires
>> from Wal Mart.
>>
>> Hopefully you don't drive this vehicle.........
>>
>> As far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong, but the only 13" tires Wal Mart
>> has are trailer tires which are not designed for a passenger car and unsafe
>> to use on a car.
>>
>> Gary Swiatowy
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 11/27/2015 7:41 AM, rnojunkmail via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, so I'm too cheap to buy whitewall from Cokers, so I got 4 Wal-Mart
>> tires at $46 a piece and tried to paint on the whitewalls. First I sprayed
>> them with krylon...that got yellow and faded...then I brushed on rustoleum
>> and that lasted about 2 months before it got black and faded. Need I spend
>> the big bucks?