DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Hi

Apologies for the commercial post, but i thought you would like to know the good news for the 1973 and 1974 Carrea and RS cars.

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/tyres/ ... 36-n4.html

these should land with us tomorrow, and will be available through all the distributers of the Pirelli Collezione Range worls wide who's detaIls can be found on here.

https://www.cinturato.net/classic-tyre-suppliers.html

If you have time i strongly recomend going to the home page as well and watching the fab bit of period Pirelli marketing film. I know it is an E type not a Porsche, but it is pretty ace with drink driving truck drivers, just stopping on the side of the motorway and getting done by the police whila child uses a feild as a toilet. it is pretty exceptional.

Dougal,

from the less experienced like me, a dumb question: can I fit on my (non-RS flared narrow-bodied) regular LWB car on my standard fuchs 15 x 6" in front the 185 and in the back the 215 without any rubbing (assuming std ride height) ?
Or are 215 too much for normal rear arches?

215 will fit on the rear with 7R Fuchs and a 7mm spacer on a narrow body no problem. Looks like this,



Regards
Mike

Thanks, Mike! Exactly what I wanted to hear - from what I gather on the website, the 215 also fit 6" rim, so all good!

btw that is a stunning '73 Albert!! mine is a 73 (built Sept 72) in signal yellow that is currently undergoing major surgery

I would ask yourself carefully if you want to change the balance of your car by fitting a wider rear. It will handle differently to the way it did with same size front and rear.

However if you are going to do it sticking with CN36 I would say will be a big help. The CN36 is a much more progressive tyre than the later P6000. Really important on these more early cars where they start to move into what at the time were massive tyres.

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/pirell ... -cn36.html

Also we have currently run out of the 215/60VR15 Cinturato CN36. However the production of these tyres is starting to get back to normal at last. Things have been in a real state since the pandemic and the chaos caused by that Russian Idiot.