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Re: Tire source for 165R14 (73 MGB, Rostyle) (fwd)

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Subject: Re: Tire source for 165R14 (73 MGB, Rostyle) (fwd)
From: Paul Osborne <paul@ee.rochester.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 14:46:58 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: Tire source for 165R14 (73 MGB, Rostyle)
> 
> In message <Pine.3.89.9409191321.B24602-0100000@bcmp.med.harvard.edu> Agustin 
>de
> la Calle writes:
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 19 Sep 1994, TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
> > > 
> > > My solution is tho change over to 15 inch wheels.  It will then take the 
> > > same 
> > > size tyre that the VW bug takes. 
> > 
> > The VW bug doesn't use 15" wheels. I once saw a prototype that was made 
> > in Wolfburg for the Sahara that had huge wheels on an elevated suspension. 
> > They were 14" wheels.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> >     Agustin
> 
> Nice try but I owned a '63 VW bug and was associated with two VW transporters 
> back when. 
> 
>  The stock VW bug had 15 inch rims.
> 
        I just ran out and looked at my sons Beetle and it has 
        185SR 15s on it. As I recal from all of the VWs that I had,
        they came with 560X15. I dont think that they ever had 
        a 14" on them.


        paul

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