My local tire guy (also an MGB owner) says that in '87 they went with a 4
digit code. So the XZX's that came off my 78 B that looked great but had a
code of 049 would have been manufactured at the end of January 1979! They
got replaced by Yokohama Avid H4 185/65x14's and I love 'em.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Heim" <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: Are my tyres too old?
> on 8/31/04 6:24 PM, Larry list account at list@marketvalue.net wrote:
>
> > A tire's date of manufacture is contained in the last three digits of
the
> > DOT (Department of Transportation) serial number, which all DOT approved
> > tires have, and is found near the "bead" of the tire. Of the last three
> > digits, the first two stand for the week and the last stands for the
year.
> >
> > Example : 506 would mean the tire was made during the 50th week of 1996.
>
> Or '86, or '76...
>
> <g>
> Max Heim
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