<VV> New "stock" tires for LM's

[Les]

Some obscure document I found says the LM odometer wants 825 revs/mile.

185/80-13 should be around 818 R/M
205/70-13 should be around 830 R/M

Never mind the 185/80-13, let's get someone to make 205/70s again, 
chunky rubber donuts that work well and look great.

Les

On 2020-03-23 12:52 a.m., virtualvairs-request at corvair.org wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 23:20:49 -0400
> From:"mark at noakes.com"  <mark at noakes.com>
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> Subject: Re: <VV> New "stock" tires for LM's
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> For my son's 68, we did the SimpleTire Maxxis 185/80R13s route as well
> and had Costco install them. I don't remember details except that it
> wasn't too painful...though they did insist on using nitrogen.
>
> For my 66, I gave up long ago and run 15 inch wheels. And I may go to 16
> or 17 inch next for better tire selection. Anymore there's not that much
> available in 15 inch either.
>
> Mark N
>
> On 3/22/20 10:58 PM, Ignacio Valdes via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> I agree do the extra work to get the original size tire. The commonly
>> available good enough size makes the stance of the car odd, too low to the
>> ground. I used simpltire.com in 2018:  Maxxis MA-1 185/80R-13 price then
>> was $324 for 4. I had them shipped to NTB to be mounted. I don't recommend
>> NTB. They did all kinds of counter pricing add-ons that made it cost a
>> bunch more after they have your tires at the place, you show up with your
>> car in person, and are captive.  -- IV
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 9:45 PM FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs <
>> virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Direct from Maxxis? That's how I bought them several years ago.
>>>
>>> Frank DuVal
>>>
>>> On 3/22/2020 1:12 PM, edward szuch via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>>> I'm looking for a new set of "stock" tires for my 66 Corsa.  I want to
>>> keep
>>>> the stock appearance and am looking for the narrow whitewall (or close to
>>>> it).  I currently have a set of '96 Goodyear Decathlon tires on it in our
>>>> typical P185/80R-13 size.
>>>> The only tires I can find in this size are the Maxxis whitewalls listed
>>> at
>>>> Amazon.
>>>> Does anybody know of a different source?
>>>> Second question.....I'll need to replace the valve stems as well.  With
>>> all
>>>> the Chinese suppliers for just about everything, are there any I should
>>>> stay away from or features to avoid (I know, a valve stem is pretty
>>>> simple)?  I've run into problems with American companies using Chinese
>>>> sourced junk so I'm just a bit leery.
>>>> Thanks very much.
>>>> Gary Szuch
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