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Originally Posted by notlawnomis
What tires are people using on their vintage cars, obviously wheel size has changed slightly, do the Schumacher full spikes still fit the older/smaller wheels ok??
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Hi, the new car looks pretty cool. It's 2 speed, isn't it? Let us know how well that works with modern motors.. Interesting!
The PB rims are dimensionally very very similar to Tamiya Hotshot rims, so there's a lot of vintage 2.0 inch rubber around. I have a stash of nos '80s Schumacher full spikes that I use. (I'm sure you remember the ones - WIIIDE in the back with 4 rows of spikes and 3 rows in the front) They were of cult-status back in California when I was racing as a kid and were super-exclusive since they were imported from the UK... Work very well on loose dirt. Awesome, even.
I still pull them over 2.2" rims sometimes for the appropriate conditions. Work great...
I'm not sure if 2.0" tyres are still manufactured anymore, though - except perhaps for the plasticy Tamiya parts for the re-issue Hotshot, etc perhaps. I could well be quite mistaken though.
Cheers,
Ty