Subject: Re: [Tigers] Radial versus bias ply

From: JAMES ARMSTRONG via Tigers <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 19:36:22 -0400

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Thanks Dan. I put a set of Michelin X on my Sunbeam when I first got it, but=
 I don=E2=80=99t remember What it was like when I first got it. I bought the=
 car used in 1976 it was first registered in my state in 1967. I remember go=
ing inordinately fast on a Sunday morning on route 128 in Massachusetts very=
 early in the morning indicated on the speedometer at 125. We were young the=
n!!!

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> On Jul 31, 2022, at 5:23 PM, Dan Cordray <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> To answer your basic question ("What was it like..."), in 1966 I was given=
 a used (but still good) set of Michelin X tires (remember them?). I install=
ed these in place of the original equipment Dunlop SP tires (1965 Mk1). I wa=
s amazed at the difference these made in the overall enjoyment of the car. H=
andled better; rode better; better mileage; etc. etc. It was a revelation to=
 a person who was still very early in his automotive journey.
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> Dan Cordray
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> From: Tigers <[email-masked]> on behalf of JAMES ARMSTRONG v=
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> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 12:19 PM
> To: Tiger's Den <[email-masked]>
> Subject: [Tigers] Radial versus bias ply
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> I know it=E2=80=99s been a long time ago, but does anybody remember the di=
fference between switching from bias ply to radial tires? It=E2=80=99s prett=
y much an academic question I know, because everybody=E2=80=99s running radi=
als, but I was wondering what it was like to drive a Sunbeam Tiger or Alpine=
 on bias ply tires.
> Jim Armstrong
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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Thanks Dan. I put a set of Michelin X on my=
 Sunbeam when I first got it, but I don=E2=80=99t remember What it was like w=
hen I first got it. I bought the car used in 1976 it was first registered in=
 my state in 1967. I remember going inordinately fast on a Sunday morning on=
 route 128 in Massachusetts very early in the morning indicated on the speed=
ometer at 125. We were young then!!!<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iP=
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To answer your basic question ("What was it like..."), in 1966 I was given a=
 used (but still good) set of Michelin X tires (remember them?). I installed=
 these in place of the original equipment Dunlop SP tires (1965 Mk1). I was a=
mazed at the difference these
 made in the overall enjoyment of the car. Handled better; rode better; bett=
er mileage; etc. etc. It was a revelation to a person who was still very ear=
ly in his automotive journey.</div>
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<div class=3D"PlainText">I know it=E2=80=99s been a long time ago, but does a=
nybody remember the difference between switching from bias ply to radial tir=
es? It=E2=80=99s pretty much an academic question I know, because everybody=E2=
=80=99s running radials, but I was wondering what it
 was like to drive a Sunbeam Tiger or Alpine on bias ply tires.<br>
Jim Armstrong<br>
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