[T3] Tire Sizes

[Brion Sabbatino]

Tires for all classic cars have become tough to purchase. I had a heck of a time getting tires for a 1961 Ranchero. Knock on wood the the Squarebacks tires are hanging in there.
Brion S.S. Utah

> From: snj at blef.org
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 11:39:55 -0700
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Tire Sizes
> 
> On May 4, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > There are few options for GOOD tires, but several for crap tires.
> > 
> > Crap Tires:
> > NEXEN, the wal-mart brand
> > NanKang, available anywhere
> 
> Eh, I've had both the current (CX-668) and previous (N812) Nankang offerings, and they're fine.  I will say that I preferred the N812 a bit, but mostly because it did better on dirt/gravel roads, which I realize doesn't matter much to most people.
> 
> > Vledrestein (or some similar spelling) but these are expensive.
> 
> Vredestein, yeah.  Until last year I had a set of Vredestein Snow+ tires that were great in the snow.  They've got a Sprint Classic year round tire that's rather tempting, but as you say, they're quite expensive.
> 
> One other option I forgot in my last message was the Firestone F560, through Coker at $80/tire.
> 
> Soren
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