<VV> Update on 13" and 14" tires

[Les Honke]

Hmmm, Kingstar's site doesn't show any tires available in 13" sizes 
appropriate for the Corvair (there are a lot of smaller 13" sizes listed).

These are the closest:

http://www.kingstar-banden.nl/Image/maten/maten%20H714.pdf

Les

On 12/28/2011 11:10 PM, virtualvairs-request at corvair.org wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:56:25 -0900
> From: Dale<shorbus at shamansweb.com>
> Subject:<VV>  Update on 13" and 14" tires
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> So, I finally got hold of our two local tire shops.  One has 13" tires available in 185/80-13 in both summer and winter (studded) versions.  Price is about $450 mounted, balanced and taxed for a set of 4.  These are Kingstar by Hankook.
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> The other shop does not have 13" available.  They do have 185/70-14.  Price is $390 for 4 for the summer version (made by Geostar), and $475 for the studded winter version (Mastercraft by Cooper).
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> So, if you can find dealers for those brands, you should be able to find the tires where you are.
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> Dale
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