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Title: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: brian.b on October 30, 2013, 07:26:20 PM

anyone run 235 75 15 tires on their car,,,mine has 225s on it now ,,,would 235s be to much,,,does any one have a pic of what they look like.
thanks guys

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: tq on October 30, 2013, 07:33:29 PM

From what I can recall:   the old 6.70 X 15 = 205 75 15  and the old 7.10 X 15 = 215 75 15  anything larger and one would run into tire rubbing when turning the front wheels.

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: JoeKeys2010 on November 01, 2013, 01:36:25 PM

I put 7.10x15 white walls on mine and love them.

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: dusty on November 03, 2013, 05:47:29 PM

I'M running Goodyear235-75-15s on my 53 Dragon and have no problem, rides like a dream, Looking forward to driving it to the Puyallup Wa 611 miles. The Dragon is the all vinyl Green and was the first to get a SMS interior. 26 yards of tuck and roll as factory. the car now has 186 miles on it.

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: joefrazer on November 03, 2013, 06:15:55 PM

Just for a point of reference...what did the 26 yards cover?

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: dusty on November 11, 2013, 11:36:24 PM

26 yards of bamboo and boucle covered head liner doors dash and tuck & roll seats and trunk in the all vinyl Dragon. after working with the old material in various Kaisers i'll stick to the repro matl. I had 1 yard of Boucle left over and ZILCH on the Green Bambo

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: pnw_oldmags on November 12, 2013, 12:24:39 AM

To do our 53K Manhattan it only took 10 -12 yards

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: brian.b on November 12, 2013, 07:41:16 PM

swaped out the bias plys for some used 215 75 15s ,,,still havent tried them on the road yet,,,,but hopefully they ride good..

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: dusty on November 15, 2013, 11:39:20 PM

JIM, DID YOU DO THE DOOR PANELS,KICK PANELS ,GLOVE BOXPACKAGE TRAY ,DASH BOARD,SEAT INSERTS, PACKAGE TRAY,TRUNK PANELING AND WIND LACING ? THATS WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS, MI dRAGON HAS ALL TUCK AND ROLL WHERE APPLICABLE PER FACTORY AND THE BAMBOO TUCK N' ROLL TAKES 1/3 MORE MATERIAL. I SAW YOUR CAR AT Klamath falls ,great job.

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: pnw_oldmags on November 16, 2013, 12:36:59 AM

I agree Dragons and Manhattans are very different.  My door panels were done, head liner and seats.  I did do my kickpanels as that cardboard is impossible.  Glove box is car board not lined with bamboo, Trunk is cardboard not lined with bamboo.  Package Tray is painted as well.

Title: Re: 235 75 15 tires?
Post by: dusty on November 20, 2013, 08:11:30 PM

Jim The Vinyl yardage also included the 6 yards of padded top