- 1. Tyres (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:15:44 -0700
- Anybody know the story behind the "RoadSpeed" tyres that came with later Big Healeys? Were they radials and/or what was so special about them they got listed in the BMIHT certs? TIA, bs ** Bob Spidel
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- 2. Re: Tyres (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:34:04 EDT
- Not sure what you mean by "late", but, during the roadster period, wasn't that just one of the differences between the standard model (disc wheels - no OD) and the deluxe model (wires and OD)? I'm p
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00069.html (6,814 bytes)
- 3. Re: Tyres (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:17:49 -0400
- ....They were Bias Ply tires, the disc wheel cars got gold seal tires, while the wire heels got Roadspeed RS4s. The main difference being tubes, and tubeless, respectively. The only other thing "spec
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00071.html (7,563 bytes)
- 4. Re: Tyres (score: 1)
- Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 05:05:37 -0400
- The evidence of 500 BMIHT certificates in the BJ8 registry collection would indicate that RoadSpeed tyres simply means "not whitewalls". In every case where "whitewall tyres" is specified, RoadSpeed
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00074.html (8,101 bytes)
- 5. Re: Tyres (score: 1)
- Author: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 09:56:25 -0400
- Let's take another run at this. Dunlop Roadspeed tires (RS4 at that time) were fitted to all Hundreds, then wire wheel 100/Six's, and wire wheel 3000's. About 1961 or so, the Roadspeed RS5 was introd
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00077.html (7,272 bytes)
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