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Re: Tires for B's

To: Ragthyme@aol.com
Subject: Re: Tires for B's
From: Roe <proe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 08:12:10 -0500 (EST)
One last note on tires, the 165's look so much nicer than 185's on the B 
since they are smaller. The car looked like it was all tires with the 185's.
Phil...
On Thu, 14 Mar 1996 Ragthyme@aol.com wrote:

> jsluis (John, is it?):
> 
> I found the same thing with the 165's I have on the B ... they corner and run
> MUCH better than the wider tyres, but don't work nearly as well in heavy
> rainstorms or snow.  The car originally had 185's, I dropped to 175's at
> first and then found the Fulda 165 SR14's that should've been on it in the
> first place.  I keep the 175's on a spare set of rims for snow driving.
> By the bye, found a nifty use for an old weight bench: built a spare bits box
> and put it on the 'bench' part of the thing, and hang the wheels from the
> 'bar' across where you'd normally do bench presses.  Compact and keeps the
> tyres off the ground.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Corey
> 75 MGB 'Rags'
> 

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