[1969] Original tires

[Mark Ellis]

Ellis' garage collection of '69 parts includes a set of five UniRoyal 
7.00x13's WSW with 10,100 miles.  If Duanne thinks one of these will help 
the project along, I'll pull the best one and send it to 
oker..............  -- Mark Ellis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
To: <1969 at corvair.org>
Cc: "'Duanne Luckow'" <daluckow at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: [1969] Original tires


> Hi,
>
>
>
> Duanne is working with Coker on reproducing original-type bias-ply tires 
> for
> 1966-9 Corvairs, for those folks who want to have totally-stock cars. We
> realize that bias ply tires are not great for driving. We're talking about
> tires for factory-stock show cars.
>
>
>
> In any case, Duanne has made a lot of progress with Coker. Coker has 
> secured
> original drawings for the Firestone tire that Chevy used and Duanne even
> found an original Firestone tire (spare) from a Corvair!
>
>
>
> However, the number-one supplier volume-wise was Uniroyal. So, we'd like
> send detailed info on the Uniroyal tire to Coker. Can any of you help? The
> ideal would be to loan Coker an actual original tire that has no wear, or
> very little wear. Second choice would be numerous high-resolution photos.
>
>
>
> Please include Duanne on your replies. He is on the Cc: line.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> --Kent
>
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