<VV> tires, was: Rims

[George Jones]

Mark,

I guess I'm a little bit confused. What is preventing us from using the 14"
wheels on Corvair cars?  The only people that it really impacts are those
who participate on Concourse (CORSA or AACA) stock classifications. IMHO,
that is a VERY small group of Corvair owners. For them, there's always the
option of purchasing a set of 13" tires and installing them on your Corvair
rims and, when you go to a show/competition, take your 14", or 15" or 16" or
17" tires and wheels off, install the 13" wheels and compete. Not that
difficult, racers who drive their cars on the street do it all the time.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

> <SNIP>

Had they done so, it would have opened us up to using 14's on ALL Corvairs
> still out there. And we wouldn't be in the present pickle of just finding
> big-enough sized 13's. The original 7.00-13's were about as big a 13" tire
> that was ever made, and as such was only used on the Corvair and little
> else. Which is why nobody wants to reproduce them - too small a market even
> for someone like Coker who specializes in small-lot tires.
>
> -Mark
>


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