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

Hugo Miller hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
Wed Mar 25 05:54:29 EDT 2020


That's a biaa ply, isn't it? They are normally given in inches, while 
radials are given in mm.

On 2020-03-25 03:57, Dale Dewald via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Hello Gary,
>
> A tire even closer to stock size is the Vredestein Sprint Classic in 
> the
> 640/700-13 size made as an OEM fitment for 1960's Mecedes-Benz. These
> are available from Coker and Tire Rack for about $125 each. This is a
> blackwall tire however, which looks great and is a great riding and
> handling tire on my '67 500 Sport Sedan.  Coker used to add 
> whitewalls
> of various widths to this tire but now I see they only sell what they
> call NOS (probably out of date) 5/8" whitewalls.
>
> Dale Dewald
>
> Hancock, MI
>
>
>
> On 3/22/2020 22:58, Gary Szuch 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?
>
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