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

[Hugo Miller]

Actually I think it was the British Mini Metro I was recalling that had 
tires with metric diameters. Britain is the only country on the planet 
where it is a criminal offence to trade in feet and inches or pounds and 
ounces. It is all part of the zealous attempt to destroy our national 
heritage and force Napoleonic measures on us, as happened to all the 
countries he conquered. But Napoleon never conquered Britain, to the 
chagrin of the rest of Europe, so they are making up for it now.


On 2020-03-26 04:31, FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs wrote:
> 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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