Marcos Maniacs

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "a5h_pm" <ashley_molyneux@h...> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Can anyone help me with the tyre sizes that should be placed on 
the  
> 13inch wheels of a steel chassis 3 litre Marocs? I have a mix of 
> sizes on the car at the moment 185, 175 and 165!?, I beleive that 
the 
> 175 are the correct ones (175 70R? 13's?), has anyone fitted (and 
> would you recommend a size) the 185's. Please if you do know which 
> ones give me the full size (is 70 profile the greatest or is it 
75?). 

I think the correct profile was actually 80%. I tried a couple of 
years ago to buy tyres this size and couldn't get any. You may 
find 'classic tyre' specialists still do the correct type (The 
original tyres were Avons). I settled on 185/70 x 13s (Goodyears in 
my case) which look great (ie, in keeping) and greatly improved the 
grip and feel of the car.

> Also any suggestions on makes of tyres would be helpful!
> 
> Sorry for this garbled message but I am in the process of 
rebuilding 
> the car and do not know what size it should have had? I also only 
> have 1 original wheel and 4 Wolfrace slot type wheels, I would 
> ideally love to get my mits on some originals!
> 
> Thanks for your (less garbled?) responses!
> 

Try an ad in the CMI or MOC magazine. I bet a lot of people have 
wheels knocking around (I wouldn't swap my standard wheels for 
anything though - Jem once said to me how good it was to see a car on 
it's original wheels! :^))

Cheers,

Mark

> regards
> Ashley 
> #5504
> 
> www.molyneuxs.com for pics of my car