Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> All right, and I also have that *exact* tire, which would make a pair.
> There is some concern, however, about a tire that is 25 or so years old,
> even if it has 100 % tread life remaining.
>
>
> Who is getting ready to concours your air-cooled
> Vanagon?  You'll need this!
>
> I have my original spare tire from my '81.  It is
> a 185SR14 Reinforced Radial Continental TS 771 that
> may never have hit the road--or maybe once when I
> had a flat.
>
> Come and get it!  (Boulder, Colorado)
>
> Otherwise, out it goes--unless I decided to bronze
> it, put it on a base, and award it to Larry Chase
> for all the tire-work he has done for us.  ;-)
>
Hey, mine has been hanging in the garage  after finally putting a
replacement in the van about six months ago. Original Continental, from
an 81 air cooled as well. And I am sure it has never hit the street. The
only wear on it, was rolling it across the garage to hang it up :-)

John
WVC, Utah