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Re: More musings on life, RACING,VARA, and now TIRES!!!

To: jeh@world.std.com
Subject: Re: More musings on life, RACING,VARA, and now TIRES!!!
From: simon@LSIL.COM (Simon Favre)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 10:41:16 PST
> From jeh@world.std.com Fri Dec 22 18:13:06 1995
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 20:25:23 -0500
> From: jeh@world.std.com (jim hayes)
> To: simon@lsil.com
> Subject: Re: More musings on life, RACING,VARA, and now TIRES!!!
> Cc: vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Content-Length: 1106
> 
... {SNIP} (My ramblings deleted.}

> On my Alfa 1600 Spider, I run 5.5 X 15 Panasport lites. They're not common, 
> but available; call Mas at Panasport. You can even get them custom machined 
> (like mine) to jsut clear the brakes.
> These rims are very happy with CompT/A 185/70s or 500-15 Hoosiers. Light 
> too!
> Happy Holidays!'Jim
> 
> Jim Hayes - Alfa nut    
> jeh@fotec.com  tel:1-800-537-8254   fax:1-617-396-6395
> Vintage racing '59 & '62 Alfa Spiders. Street ride: '57 Spider.
> On the web: http://www.std.com/fotec/jim.htm
> All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false.
> 

Yes, I had heard of the Lites. 5.5x15 is a possibility. I have a set of
6x15 regular Panasports. The big question for me is what CSRG will
allow. I think I can drum up some support for a 1" or 1.5" allowance.

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