09-10-2019, 08:44 AM
Hi Hugh
If you could elaborate please would be very welcome.
Tyre influence can be surprising. Books suggest crossplies on front and radials at rear are OK and very many Beetles ran like this. But both on my 1964 rwd car and on the same model owned by my father the combination was terrible. At 55 mph on uneven surface the cars darted about like Sevens and required similar total concentration. I dunno the reason. Possibly camber steer from local tilt of the road varied dramatically front to rear.
owners of 1930s Americans also report great improvement with hard old tyres replaced by pliant new. Whehter or not thsese superior to new tyres in their time I dunno.
If you could elaborate please would be very welcome.
Tyre influence can be surprising. Books suggest crossplies on front and radials at rear are OK and very many Beetles ran like this. But both on my 1964 rwd car and on the same model owned by my father the combination was terrible. At 55 mph on uneven surface the cars darted about like Sevens and required similar total concentration. I dunno the reason. Possibly camber steer from local tilt of the road varied dramatically front to rear.
owners of 1930s Americans also report great improvement with hard old tyres replaced by pliant new. Whehter or not thsese superior to new tyres in their time I dunno.