<VV> New "stock" tires for LM's with custom white walls

[larry at forman.net]

Hi Everyone, 

OK, now that we are talking white walls, I need to share a fabulous
custom tire shop in Sacramento that specialzes in custom white walls for
classic cars.    This great place is Calli Tire and Wheel at
www.callitw.com [1] 916-391-7035.  They have 13 thru 15 inch tires and
the 13 inch tires are in sizes 155/80R13, 165/80R13, 175/70R13,
185/70R13 at prices from about $109-116 per tire.   You can select the
white wall width you prefer and they are true white rubber that is
vulcanized onto the new tire.   Since they need to grind the new tire to
accept the white wall, you lose the original tire warranty.   I believe
all their tires are from Japan, but I am not certain about that. 

These prices for custom white walls are great compared to most others.  
I have bought 13 inch tires for my wife's 54 Nash Metropolitan and
referred others who keep referring still more customers. 

I can tell you that if you run the tire flat, the white wall can become
delaminated. 

I find these guys do a great job at very reasonable prices here in CA.  
They can ship you these new tires. 

Give them a try.   I receive NO compensation for recommending them. 

Larry

On 2020-03-24 8:57 pm, 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 call NOS (probably out of date) 5/8" whitewalls.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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Links:
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[1] http://www.callitw.com