Melburg Luft

Hey lasty, I'm after the thin whitewall, 3/4" or 1" stripe, and I guess 165 R15 if they do them, or 185s? Dont want to go up much wider or they look a bit stupid bulging out around the standard rim... although i'm not 100% sure of what sizes Sumitomo did/do offer. If you can source them at...

yeah Sneek, they're what I was after, but from what I've been hearing from tyre places, Sumitomo dont make them any more, so it would only be luck if I managed to find somewhere with old(er) stock. Plus they're fat 215s, so it would mean I dont get to slam it as much / as easily as with 165s on ther...

Cheers guys, I have a friend on the hunt for some for a '69 Corona he just bought, and we've come to the same conclusions as suggested here... schwarz tyres, run em in, add flappers or paint on (not the grind in technique though so we can still get insurance claims through in the case of an accident...

Hey Rhett (it is Rhett yeah?) thanks for the welcome! Pic below of the new ride. Got it started last weekend, interior is near perfect with low back seats, body could do with some love, wheels are horrible. Plans are to respray it satin/matte burgundy or green with a schwarz canopy, schwarz rims, sc...

Hey all, Just purchased a Type 3 with ugly 14" mags on it. I want to run 15" stockies and thin weiss wall tyres. Does anyone out there have a set of 165 thin striped whitewalls on or off stock rims that they want to sell? They dont have to be brand new, but enough to get me a RWC. I've bee...