I read the original tire size as 5.90x15 and googled that.
I found this tire chart:http://www.pmcweb.fr/healey/atelier/pneus.htm
Home page appears to be here:
http://www.pmcweb.fr/healey/index.htmlor here:www.healey.fr
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen
)http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:04:26 -0800
> From: cnaarndt@gmail.com
> To: rnbmail@yahoo.com
> CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tire Sizes - again
>
> Robert,
>
> I understand your point but 165X15 IS the original radial size for BN2s
> onward. An no, they do not fill up the wheel well as do the bias ply
> tires. Actually the 175X15's have the same rolling diameter as the
original
> bias ply's and is probably what the factory should have used as a radial
> tire option.
>
> Curt
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Robert Blair <rnbmail@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > No, you are not reading it correctly - or, it is just one of your cutie
> > comments ...
> >
> > I am saying that with 185x15 the car looks more like the factory
'original'
> > non metric size, and, looks better design wise - in terms of filling the
> > wheel
> > well - as intended. The 165x15 is a poor compromise for the original
size
> > in
> > my opinion - just too 'skinney'.
> > Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8 RNBmail@yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 1/12/11, Shop at " Just Brits " <shop@justbrits.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Shop at " Just Brits " <shop@justbrits.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tire Sizes
> > > To: "healeylist" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> > > Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 8:02 PM
> > > << 3. the 165 indeed leave too
> > > much gap over the tire and make
> > > the car look 'under tired'. >>
> > >
> > > So you guys are sayin that ya did NOT like the "look" of
> > > the car
> > > so you never wanted one ?!?!?
> > >
> > > Then why DO you have one [or more] ??
> > >
> > > All I have ever had on 'Hortense' IS 165s. <G>
> > > She looks damned fine to me <VBG> !!!!!
> > > _______________________________________________
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