[T3] Tires

[Don Robertson]

My experience with Coker has not been at all good.  I have found the 
tires are not at all built to original specs, they just look like the 
old tires.  Everyone I know with a wide range of cars and tire sizes 
says that their Cokers tires shake on the highway no matter what they 
do to try to balance them.

What I find hard to believe is that there is not one major tire 
maker, such as Michelin, still making our size.  There are literally 
millions of VW's still on the road all over the world.  The size is 
the same for Beetles, Karmann Ghias and type 3s.  Also some English 
sport cars use the same size.  I can't believe there is not enough 
demand for at least one tire maker to produce them.  Anyone know 
anyone at Michelin?

At 07:47 PM 5/4/2014, Gary Forsmo wrote:
> >Don --
>
> >Tire Rack has some for $68.00.  Does anyone know who actually makes
> >these tires and if they are any good?
>
>I bought 4 Classic tires in June of 2010 from a Firestone dealer in
>Burlington, WI for about Tire Racks advertised price.
>I had them order a 5th tire to use as a "spare" in 2012, which I put in the
>tire well.
>
>The old "spare" was a aged Michelin that may not have ever seen the road.
>  But it was old and although it still held 42 lbs. of air pressure to
>activate the windshield washer tank, I didn't trust it as a "driveable"
>tire on the car.
>
>I believe the Classic tire is produced by the (Korean) Kuhmo Tire Company.
>  So far so good.
>
>But honestly, I wish that Coker Tire Company (I think they have the
>original 165/80 R15's Michelin tire molds) would see fit to production run
>of several hundred tires.
>Do you think we could convince Coker to do that?
>If (big IF) they were built to the original Michelin standards, would you
>think there would be sufficient interest among active Type 3 owners to buy
>what they would produce?
>
>--
>Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
>Rockport, TX (winter)
>Lake Geneva, WI (summer)

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