Tire Rating

windtrader · October 21, 2020, 07:40:15 PM

Quote from: luvrbus on October 21, 2020, 12:56:49 PM
You need to watch the internet tire sales,I ordered some tires from Tire Rack 13" for Sonja's Triumph convertible and got a good buy but the Dunlap tires were dated coded 5 years ago,it was a hassle to get newer tires from that outfit took me almost 3 months plus they wanted me to pay shipping to return the tires

LOL - wonder why 5 year old 13". lol, must be 20 years or more when that tire size was popular.

luvrbus · October 21, 2020, 08:10:53 PM

Quote from: windtrader on October 21, 2020, 07:40:15 PM
LOL - wonder why 5 year old 13". lol, must be 20 years or more when that tire size was popular.

!3 inch is still popular on trailers but they are not the same tire as for autos ,seems like I put tires on that rag top every 10 years lol she has had it for years now it is 44 years old with 62,124 miles total.I would like to see it gone that is not happening

Ed Hackenbruch · October 22, 2020, 10:06:43 AM

Which Triumph had 13" wheels? Must be older than the 62 TR4 that i had for 23 years, it had 15" wheels.

Jim Blackwood · October 22, 2020, 10:19:37 AM

More like 50 years ago LOL! That'd be either a Spitfire or a GT6 right? And I'd guess the GT6 had 14". Hey, all it needs is a more modern engine... and a new wiring harness... and...

Jim

Ed Hackenbruch · October 22, 2020, 10:22:59 AM

My TR4 had a 289 and C4 tranny out of a 67 Mustang....we called it the little red rocket.

luvrbus · October 22, 2020, 12:00:03 PM

Quote from: Ed Hackenbruch on October 22, 2020, 10:06:43 AM
Which Triumph had 13" wheels? Must be older than the 62 TR4 that i had for 23 years, it had 15" wheels.

It's a spitfire 1500,her manual shows 13 inch for the wire wheels which it has and 14 inch for steel wheels hers has disk brakes on all 4 wheels try finding those pads at NAPA

Ed Hackenbruch · October 22, 2020, 01:28:45 PM

Probably be able to get them from Moss Motors.

Jim Blackwood · October 23, 2020, 08:50:05 AM

These days Ed there's a club, try BritishV8.org if you haven't already, about anything you could imagine. We built an MGB-GT with a Buick 455 as a club project about a decade ago and have kept it on tour ever since. Very nice car. Mine is an MGB ragtop with a 340 Buick. There's a section with about 300 conversions called How it was done. We do electric power steering, efi conversions, widening, you name it.

Jim

luvrbus · October 23, 2020, 09:05:49 AM

Sonja probably has the only Spitfire that is not a rust bucket,I put a new master cylinder for the brakes and the out fit in KS charged a arm and leg for the thing,Bad thing about the Spitfire they never increased in value,she has the cover what ever you call the cover,rag top and the original hardtop for hers,only thing not original on hers is the paint lol the candy apple red paint cost more than the car is worth

Jim Blackwood · October 23, 2020, 10:36:23 AM

Phil McConnell put a 'vette frame under his. Not the slickest fender flares in the world but he doesn't care. It's like a go-kart. He got to take it on the Dragon for the first time this year and was suitably impressed.

Jim

Melbo · October 23, 2020, 02:23:15 PM

I have an 89 toyota one ton truck and it is the same as this camper. It has six tires and I get my tires from the same place that does my bus tires. They aren't cheap but they have to be the heavy load range for the weight.

HTH

Melbo