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Re: Tyres! Tyres! Tyres!

To: mgs@autox.team.net, SR059@ist2.co.umist.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Tyres! Tyres! Tyres!
From: Andrew Smith <asmith@BayNetworks.COM>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 95 13:18:49 PDT
> From mgs-owner@triumph.cs.utah.edu Thu Aug  3 02:49:28 1995
> From: "Robert Hollingsworth" <SR059@ist2.co.umist.ac.uk>
> Organization:  Dept.Computation UMIST
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Date:          Thu, 3 Aug 1995 10:12:56 GB/EIRE
> Subject:       Tyres! Tyres! Tyres!

RoB,

> Here's a new angle on the rubbing tyres subject. I'm about to 
> purchase a new set of rear tyres for my 79 Midget (square arches) and 
> am wondering what is the maximum width of tyre I can fit without the 
> tyres rubbing on the wheel arches.

If you buy a set of those new square O'Michelins, you can use tyres
that are about 41% bigger diameter - but this only works for those Midgets
with the square arches :-)


Andrew Smith
Palo Alto CA USA
'60 Healey 3000 Mk.I (with round wheel arches)



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