-- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
Eric ;
the problem is not the tires but the wire wheels. Wire wheels have an off
set which is set when the wheel is laced and vary from car to car. Often
people will take a wheel from an Austin Healy or TR and use it on a Morgan .
I don't remember the Morgan offset but its just about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch
more than the others (thus causing the tire to rub . You might try
switching front and rear to see if it improves.
Bob Nogueira
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> Date: Sunday, 23-Nov-97 10:43 AM
>
> From: Eric Cummins \ Internet: (ecummins@bellsouth.net)
> To: MORGANS \ Internet: (morgans@autox.team.net)
>
> Subject: Plus 4 Tyre size
>
> Dear fellow Morgan caretakers,
>
> I recently became the provider for a 1959 Plus 4 (2 seater) . The car
> has 60 spoke
> wire wheels and disk brakes. I am trying to determine the correct tyre
> size for this car.
>
> It currently has 165/80 R15 tyres on it. These tyres are too wide as the
> side walls
> scrape the top of the front spring.
> Most of the books that I have seen call for a 5.50/15 bias ply tyre
> however they do not
> say whether the aspect ratio is 92 or 82 which I would need to know in
> order to find
> a current tyre size with the same overall dimensions.
>
> Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Cummins
>
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