[Amc-list] lettered tires

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Speaking of old-fashioned tire trends, now that Burning Man is over (and won't 
suck up all my cash and time until next summer :-) it's Rambler time again! 
This weekend I should be able to get the front suspension together and figure 
out what tiny stuff I'm missing, and start on solving the front shock 
problem.

What's the story on white-letter tires these days? Google searching tire shops 
(discounttire, coker, etc) doesn't show much choices. With a 5" wide rim 
(wheel choices are poor for this car) I'm pretty much stuck to 195/70-15's 
plus or minus a profile or size or two (25.9" needed, though I could swap 
speedo gears, if it doesn't throw the well-chosen final ratio off much).

Stylewise, for this 63 American twin-stick hardtop, I'm thinking of a 60's 
streetrod/rally car hybrid look, even though that's somewhat ridiculuous with 
a 195.6, it will look cool, and incongruity, well only people "our" age will 
laugh, and get the joke (and the fun) of it. I have nice genuine 60's Moon 
and other tachs for a six (courtesy the Navarro auction) and other details to 
go with like real giant Hella driving lights I bought in a flea market in 
East Berlin two years ago.
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