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Re: spridget tires, size query ($40 race tires)

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Subject: Re: spridget tires, size query ($40 race tires)
From: smenzel@halcyon.halcyon.com (Sandro Menzel)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 17:49:12 -0800
>Blackburn racing 800-828-9143  has closeout bridgestones
>(DOT and Slicks) for $40 a pop, er a tire.
>My question is, will 185-60-13s fit on a '67 midget (midget mk 3,
>sprite mk 2) if it has a winner circle panhard rod?
>
>btw the tires they have in 13 and 14 are:
>185 60 13   205-60-13  185-60-14  195-60-14

I'm running 155/80R13 on my '66 Midget. Back when I bought these, I started
with the next larger size (165?) and found that they hit the inside of the
square wheel wells in back whenever I took sharp corners.

As it is, the 155s will rub occasionally.

Take care


Sandro

'66 Midget
'73 Jensen-Healey




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