<VV> tires

[Bruce Schug]

On May 21, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Edelstein and Payne wrote:

> Ken,
>
>     If you want to go "fatter" and better than stock, I put 205 - 50  
> 15's on the front and 225 - 50 15's on the rear of my son's 65  
> coupe.  Got some nice steel wheels made by Wheel Vintique through  
> Summit that were not terribly expensive.  They are chromed around  
> the rim with a bare center that you can paint either body color or  
> something else.  We painted the centers black and with "baby moon"  
> hubcaps they look great.  The wheels come in offsets that work  
> well.  The fronts are 15 x 7 with a 4" backspacing, and the rears  
> are 15 x 8 with a 5" inch backspacing.  Then got some fairly high  
> performance but not very expensive Kuhmo's from Tire Rack.


Or, you could buy some good tires made by an American company, like  
the Corvair was.




Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer & Membership Chairman
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group
Performance Corvair Group
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1980

'67 Monza. "67AC140"