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

[FrankDuVal]

You mean the famous Michelin TRX series? Came on Mustangs, Peugot, and 
others. Rim size 315 to 415 mm. 220/55 VR 390 TRX used on Mustangs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_TRX

Most vehicles at some point got new wheels for normal tires.....

Frank DuVal

On 3/25/2020 10:09 PM, Jim Becker via VirtualVairs wrote:
> I once had a tire, not sure where it came from, but was on a VW rim.  
> I think it was a Pirelli and the size was something like 165-380.  So 
> much for the diameter always being in inches.
>
> Jim Becker
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:44 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re:  New "stock" tires for LM's
>
> The SR will be a speed rating. I've never seen anything but bias ply in
> inches and radials in mm - but that is in England of course. And the
> diameter is always in inches, with one specific exception and I can't
> remember what that was now. 6.40 x 13 has to be a very unusual size.
> 6.40 x 15 was common at one time - again in the UK - but I've never seen
> a 6.40 tire with a smaller diameter than that.
>
> On 2020-03-26 00:45, FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> I looked, it is a radial, has R where dash is in email below. 6.4SR13
>>
>> Tire sizes and nomenclature changed several times from the 60s to the
>> 80s. I've seen inches on radials and mm on bias ply. Then there are
>> the letter sizes.... then P metric.... mm.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>
>> On 3/25/2020 5:54 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
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