Terry like all god things they tended to stay north of the border and from my
old memory only the steel widies were used and those SP3 dunlops were the the
go and we drove at wellover the 'ton' lets wind the clock back BTW when people
ask me why I live in the past the answer is it was cheaper and FASTER
cheers Peter
Terry & Heather wrote:
> Peter,
>
> The factory dealer optioned wheels where ROH Contessa and they were 5.5x13
> and not 6x13 and it would have been on the '71 & '72 models only as I think
> it started when I was at dad's army (Lennocks). we fitted 185/70x13 tyres
> and there were only a few choices at the time and I recall the popular tyre
> we fitted was the Olympic GT70 or something like that. It had a very block
> style chunky tread, I don't think Aqua squirts even came in that size
> (remember them?) What a gimmick and Dunlop sold boatloads of them to us
> Aussies so we could go like crazy in the wet. hehe
>
> cya
>
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peter Parry
> Sent: Sunday, 23 July 2000 12:00 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Different sized tyres and RWC
>
> DAVE LVT =licensed vehicle tester I'm down in Geelong 510's came out from
> Datsun with only 4.5x13 but a couple of places fitted 6x13 but never from
> the
> factory only dealer add ons BTW there were bugger all mags around in the
> 60/70's
> Peter
>
> David Andrews wrote:
>
> > Peter,
> >
> > What was the biggest wheels fitted to the 1600 by the manufacturer?..
> btw..
> > what does lvt stand for and where are you in victoria coz i might have to
> > come and see you to get my 17x7's passed in future. >:)
> > thanks,
> >
> > dave
> >
>
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