I think Steve is right on this one. I believe newer tires have a 4 diget
date code.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steve Gorr
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:17 PM
> To: MG List
> Subject: Re: Are my tyres too old?
>
> 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.
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