RE: [T3] Fw: source for tires

["Ruiz, Raul" <rruiz@ebmud.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yancy Everhart [mailto:yancy.everhart@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:22 PM
> To: type3-d@vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Fw: source for tires
>
> I bought some brand new at Firestone for my Beetle two years 
> ago, and they
> were Firestone Brand, F-560's.  They were fairly cheap 
> (around $50 or so
> each) and had a nice looking tread pattern. They are slightly 
> larger in the
> wheel well (they're 165R15's, but not all tires in that size 
> share the same
> outer dimensions strangely enough).

I was told that the Firestone's aren't being produced anymore either.  A local Firestone shop was selling off the last of their inventory a few months ago.

Raul Ruiz
68 Squareback
Pleasant Hill, CA
www.typ3kultur.com 


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