Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > All right, and I also have that *exact* tire, which would make a pair. > There is some concern, however, about a tire that is 25 or so years old, > even if it has 100 % tread life remaining. > > > Who is getting ready to concours your air-cooled > Vanagon? You'll need this! > > I have my original spare tire from my '81. It is > a 185SR14 Reinforced Radial Continental TS 771 that > may never have hit the road--or maybe once when I > had a flat. > > Come and get it! (Boulder, Colorado) > > Otherwise, out it goes--unless I decided to bronze > it, put it on a base, and award it to Larry Chase > for all the tire-work he has done for us. ;-) > Hey, mine has been hanging in the garage after finally putting a replacement in the van about six months ago. Original Continental, from an 81 air cooled as well. And I am sure it has never hit the street. The only wear on it, was rolling it across the garage to hang it up :-) John WVC, Utah |
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