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Subject: Re: Michelin XZX > On 21 Mar 2001, at 10:43, Simon Glen wrote: > > > The Michelin X, XAs and XZX tyres > > The XAS was a different, but similar tire. The second tire in your > sequence should be the ZX. ;-) > > I suppose the successor must be something like an XZXZ. ;-) > > I was disappointed when the X radial went away, but that must have > been nearly 30 years ago! How many of us can still remember its > introduction and the revolution it caused in tire construction? Most > of the people on this list have probably never dealt with bias ply > tires. > > I still have the original "Continental 600x15" in the spare tire well of my '71 FB. My first set of Michelin's were 155x15 "X" on a 1960 Type-1. I swapped those tires to other cars som many times, I lost track of the miles, but I know they had over 100k miles on them when I finally let them go. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe