<VV> tires

[Bruce Schug]

On Apr 5, 2008, at 5:18 AM, JeanDeLucca at aol.com wrote:

> while washing the  tires of my recently purchased 63 monza coupe, i  
> realized
> that they are size 195/70r13. most of my corvairs had the 185/80r13  
> on them
> which i have read as the correct size. the tires currently on the  
> car are bfg,
> almost new and a matched set of five, which i do not wish to  
> replace. the car
> "looks fine" in appearance. anyone care to comment? thanks, jim

Sure. What kind of comment are you looking for?

Your 195/70-13's are (mathematically) 23.25" diameter. 185/80-13's  
would be about 24.65". Original 6.50-13's, if you could find a set,  
might be anywhere between 24.1" and 24.6", they varied quite a bit. If  
you had a set of reproduced bias-ply 6.50-13's such as Coker Tire  
sells, they would be 24.58" in diameter.

So, what does this prove? Your tires are quite a bit smaller in  
diameter than the original tires were. The same holds true when  
compared to the good replacement sizes noted above. This will lower  
your car a bit, change your speedometer and odometer readings a little  
and give you a little quicker acceleration and worse gas mileage. But  
if they look good to you and you're happy with them, who cares?

Bruce



Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer, CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group Member
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1980

'67 Monza. "67AC140"