Dangerous tyres Eugene!
For those who want to know, I can send a picture of an MG TD, where bits of
rubber were falling of the very old tyre!
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene Balinski" <eugeneb@nni.com>
To: "Don Vierling" <Don.Vierling@stago-us.com>; <ptroot@iaces.com>;
<mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: Original Tires (1980)
> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:53:01 -0400
> "Don Vierling" <Don.Vierling@stago-us.com> wrote:
> > I don't know exactly who was asking what - but here's my
> > 2 cents: The
> > 165R14 metric size calculates out to be an 83 series
> > profile when you
> >
>
> Ok, ok, this will teach me to look at tires with out my
> **glasses**. Actually I mis-read the documents not the
> "tyres".
>
> I looked at the tires. They are Michelin XZX 165SR14.
> I fat fingered the tire type in the first message. I
> still believe that they are the original tires. This makes
> them 24 years old. Probably time for new ones even
> thought the tread is in great shape.
>
> Gene Balinski
>
> 80 B
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