<VV> VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 182, Issue 52

Wed Mar 25 15:34:02 EDT 2020

I would not drive on NOS 50 year old tires, even if they have been in dry storage. 

Rick Sanford
843-231-2257

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>   1. Re: New "stock" tires for LM's (Marc Marcoulides)
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> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 07:38:00 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> From: Marc  Marcoulides <hharpo at earthlink.net>
> To: Seth Emerson <sethracer at aol.com>
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> New "stock" tires for LM's
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> When I replaced my tires on my 65 Corsa the installer insisted that he was correct in putting 30 lbs on all 4. When I complained he opened the driver door and looked in the jamb, nothing there. I advised that showing correct pressure started in the '80s and my car was a 65. Had to approach the manager who personnaly took the fronts to 24 and the rears to 28. The installers age was somewhere in that range.
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>> From: Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Mar 24, 2020 6:36 PM
>> To: larry at forman.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: <VV> New "stock" tires for LM's
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>> For regular driving, you are probably fine. Be sure to keep your tire pressures correct.?
>> The store may, or may not, have a clue. As you noted.
>> -Seth
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>> From: larry--- via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 3:30 am
>> Subject: Re: <VV> New "stock" tires for LM's
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>> The two tires I got for my 65 Monza at America's Tire Store in
>> Sacramento were: 
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>> Milestar Touring SLE, P175/80R13 M+S with narrow white walls.? They were
>> about $53 each and two mounted and balanced were $163 out the door with
>> new valve stems.? However, they were out of the extreme extended valve
>> stems, so I had to reuse my valve stem extenders for the original hub
>> caps. 
>> 
>> They had to order them from one of their warehouses and they got them in
>> about 3 days here in Sacramento. 
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>> Note: you do need to tell them what tire pressures they should have for
>> the front tires as they had already pressurized them about 35 PSI. 
>> 
>> I was in and out in about an hour with an appointment.? For the social
>> distancing they ask customers to wait in their car and pull their car up
>> for service, which seems about perfect in today's environment. 
>> 
>> Larry
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>>> On 2020-03-22 9:57 pm, larry--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
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>>> Since I live in CA and have bought a lot of tires at America's Tire
>>> Store, I called them last week and they installed two of those tires for
>>> $163 complete.? That was the only tire they could find, but the price
>>> seemed right.? 
>>> 
>>> Larry
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>>>> On 2020-03-22 10:12 am, edward szuch via VirtualVairs wrote:
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>>>> 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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