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[B Fye]

Coker does NOT reproduce to OEM standards

Brian Fye

On May 4, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Gary Forsmo <gbforsmo at gmail.com> 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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