Classic tyres needed

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TuxMan

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9,010 posts

237 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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I need some 235 x 50 x 13 for my old fiat but cannot seem to find any :-( can anyone suggest somewhere to buy a full set .

Thanks Tux

imagineifyeswill

1,224 posts

165 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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What old Fiat would that be, are you sure youve got that tyre size right, Ive never seen or heard of a 13in tyre of that width or low profile.

TuxMan

Original Poster:

9,010 posts

237 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Was going to buy some woolfrace wheels and the old tyres are 235x50x13 .






Tux

imagineifyeswill

1,224 posts

165 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Looking at the width of that wheels your absolutely right but 235 50 profile in 13in diameter must be fairly specialist I would think and pretty hard to get hold off. In the days of 13in wheels being common 70 aspect was considered low profile, were they competition tyres by any chance. Taking another look at that picture those tyres certainly dont look to be particularly low profile and dont know what the d after the 50 means, have you asked any tyre specialists about them.

Edited by imagineifyeswill on Sunday 24th May 22:36

sim16v

2,176 posts

200 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Not quite what you want, but it'll mean you can use the wheels.

Kumho do V70 track tyres in 235-45-13 and 215-50-13, and Toyo do R888s in 225-45-13.

They'll all fit well on the 8" rim.

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m114b0s686p0/Track_Day_T...


TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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imagineifyeswill said:
dont know what the d after the 50 means
Bias-ply. Not radial.

'merkin for crossply. Remember them?

TuxMan

Original Poster:

9,010 posts

237 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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I have not bought the wheels yet but I guess I could run the 235x45x13 ok on the rear and the 215x50 on the front .
Definitely a odd size though . Thanks for the help , looks like it's got to be a competition tyre .

N Dentressangle

3,442 posts

221 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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These guys are on PH:

http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/

and the owner was pretty helpful and knowlegeable with questions like yours in the past:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...

Might be worth a go?

TuxMan

Original Poster:

9,010 posts

237 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Thanks , I've posted up .

cmsapms

707 posts

243 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Look on the Avon Motorsport website. If you want radials, they do CR500s in similar sizes to what you want, or if you want crossplies, have a look at ACB10.