: Good day, David,
Thanks for the approval.
I am trying to figure out a way to make it to the Mitty, but have some conflicts to contend with. Will let all know.
Larry
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Danny,
Be careful about using low profile grippy tires with the wooden chassis as the additional torque could be translated into excess stress on the wood structure. I use a Yokohama 13" tire on my 13" x 5-1/2" wires.
Larry, Great article in Classic Motorsports. Are you up for the Mitty this year? I will be driving down from Maryland if
weather permits.
Chris, I would love to come up to one of your New Jersey events soon to see your beautiful car. Let me know some details. As I have some trouble getting onto Yahoo from my office (crazy spam stuff), it's easier to reach me at:
dmensh@davisconstruction.com.
Best Regards, Dave
On Friday, March 11, 2016 9:05 AM, "larry meadows lmeadowsw@... [MarcosManiacs]" wrote:
Danny,
I think that those are the tyres we installed on Chris's car. A very nice well constructed tyre.
Larry
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Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 11:46 PM
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] wire wheel sizes
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Thanks Larry,
The car already has 13" 'Dunlop wire wheels, so no conversion is necessary. But they are worn, and should be replaced. I am concerned especially about front end clearance. There was evidence that the old style tires even with the 13" wheels were banging into the back of the headlight buckets. I've had the buckets modified to increase clearance. What do you think of Vredstein tires - they have a 13".
Danny
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Danny,
Because 13" tyres are almost unavailable, except from Taiwan or China, I would recommend a 14" wheel like the MINI LITE'S. There is a 13" from Holland, I beleive, that has a larger roll radius, however, the rear wheel arch has ti be cut out to the rear about 3/4" to give tyre clearance. I did this on a steel chassis 1970 Marcos awhile back, and it gave the car better road handling. They ran about 170.00 each including shipping.
The conversion to wire requires spindle changes.
Regards,
Larry
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Subject: [MarcosManiacs] wire wheel sizes
I'm going to be getting new wheels for my wood hulled 1600 GT. It currently has 13"; Dunlops with bias ply tires on it from the time before I bought the car about 35 years ago. Its nearing the end of a loooooooong restoration and I'd like to know people's opinion about whether to source new 13" wires or switch to 14" low profile. Also does anyone have a suggestion for sourcing good wire wheels at a reasonable price including if necessary shipping to the west coast of Canada.
Thanks for any guidance.
Danny
Marcos 5201