<CORSA Chapters> [VV-talk] <Air-Vair> whitewall tires

[Mark Corbin]

All,

My thoughts were of the long range (in reference to my letter in the latest
Communuque). I may be mistaken, but I think even Clark's was unsure how
long they were going to be able to offer them. Certainly eventually this is
what we are looking at, VERY high prices for 13" whitewall (for Concours)
tires, be they radial (from Diamond Back) or bias (from Coker) ply tires.
Heck, WIDE whitewall 13" tires (for '60 model 500 and 700 cars) are already
only available in the collector tire market, to my knowledge.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: [VV-talk] <Air-Vair> whitewall tires
>
> Mark and all- 
>
>  Clarks has the 185/80  whitewall in stock for $95 ea.
>
> As of today, they have about 25 of them. 
>
> lc
>
> Subject: Re: <Air-Vair> whitewall tires 
>
> Over $100 for adding a white ring looks a bit steep to me.  I'll stick
with
> blackwalls.
>
> RonH 
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Subject: <Air-Vair> whitewall tires
>
> All,
>
> I wrote Diamond Back Tires about obtaining 185-80R13 tires and they
> responded that they "add whitewalls to modern radial tires.   You can
order
> a 135/80R13 with a 5/8" whitewall from us.  These are $172 each plus
> shipping." Their website is:
>
> http://www.dbtires.com/
>
> So it looks like we'll have to start ordering collector tires from this
> vendor.
>
> -Mark Corbin
>