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On 13 May 2004 at 7:24, Scott Taylor wrote: > On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 08:07 PM, Greg Merritt wrote: > > > Yes -- but no. You can get reproduction Michelins (and other > > vintage-style tires) from Coker Tire. I believe they're *not* made by > > Michelin at all, however. > > Apparently they are made by Michelin. I think Coker is just a > distributor. They are cost prohibitive though. > > http://www.michelin-passion.com/passion/front/templates/ > affich.jsp?codeRubrique=10&lang=EN I'm not so sure. I had heard that Michelin sold the molds to Coker and that Coker was now making the tires. I note that the URL points to michelin- passion.com rather than michelin.com. The michelin-passion.com web site has a link to michelin.com, but I can't find one the other way around. The other odd thing is that on michelin-passion.com they spell it: tyres, while michelin.com says tires. If you try to find a dealer at michelin-passion.com you only get european choices. OTOH, my Michelin dealer has mentioned the collector series of tires, but I don't know what that really means. On the Coker site I find a 165SR15 XZX for $124. More than I would want to spend, but not all that extreme.... -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org