[SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires

[Duanne]

The Firestone FR 380 are difficult to find.  ( 50 Backordered)  The tires our group in Portland  purchased (20 tires) are made in Costa Rica.  These tires are fine to drive on and show your car in the Concours.  What will be the availablility of these tires in the future?  My sources in the Northwest tell me they are being discontinued.  Anyone else have insight?  

Duanne

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On 7/10/2008 at 4:22 PM Ronald Arndt wrote:

>I would pick $50 each, which is what I paid for a set if Firestone
>P185/80R-13 that I just purchased.  Everyone seems concerned about tires
>for concours.  What about just having a tire available to be able to drive
>your Corvair!
>   
>  Ron
>
>Dave Ellis <dellis1 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>  I would pick $75...
>
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>[mailto:scg-list-bounces at tiger.skiblack.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Schug
>Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:09 PM
>To: Mark Corbin; Stock Corvair Group Group
>Subject: Re: [SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires
>
>Price you would pay for one, original-looking, modern radial 
>construction 7.00-13 tire. Pick one:
>
>$25
>
>$50
>
>$75
>
>$100
>
>$125
>
>$150
>
>$175
>
>$200
>
>$225
>
>$250
>
>
>On Jul 8, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Mark Corbin wrote:
>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> If it looked like a 7.00-13 original tire does, any reasonable 
>> amount would
>> have me whipping my wallet out. "Reasonable" may be defined as 
>> anything
>> short of what current "wagon-wheel" tires sell for, i.e. the price of
>> NORMAL size (up to 15") tires.
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Bruce Schug 
>>> Subject: Re: [SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires
>>>
>>> On Jul 7, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Mark Corbin wrote:
>>>
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> While I personally don't know a thing about the VCCA (or any other
>>>> multimake antique car club), I can respect that there would be 
>>>> people
>>>> wanting to enter their car in such an organization's events. Note
>>>> that I
>>>> didn't say there'd be NO market for bias ply tires, just a small 
>>>> one.
>>>> Certainly much smaller than if the tire was a radial.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> How much would you be willing to pay for a reproduced, radial, 
>>> 7.00-13
>>> tire?
>>>
>>> Bruce W. Schug
>>> Treasurer, CORSA South Carolina
>>> Greenville, SC
>>> Stock Corvair Group Member
>>> bwschug at charter.net
>>>
>>> CORSA member since 1980
>>>
>>> '67 Monza. "67AC140"
>>>
>>
>>
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