For what it is worth, I agree with Jerry 100%. When I bought my BT7 it had
bias plys on it...SCARY is a word that barely describes it, especially in the
rain. First time I drove it in the rain, I looped it at a very slow speed.
Fortunately didn't hit anything but I promptly went down and put Michelins
on it...this was in 1971 remember, 165 X-Stops...still a VAST improvement in
ride, handling and most of all safety. Although I did tear the tread off of
one at about 100 mph...that was interesting.
Dave
59 BT7 still a project... 8-(
In a message dated 4/7/05 12:22:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
whammie@iopener.net writes:
one of the problems of the list is erroneous information being imparted to
those that don't know any better. the only reason to ever put bias-ply tires,
dunlop roadspeeds or any others on a healey, is to drive it on and off the
trailer. you certainly don't want to drive bias-plys at todays highway
speeds, particularly, in rainy weather. i had a new set of roadspeeds on a
100M i
owned in the early 80's and this was the snakiest, scariest ride you can
imagine and if it started to rain you better get off the road..
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