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Help: I'm looking to buy radial raised white letter tyres for my Oval. I'm pretty sure I need 205/65x15s but am struggling to find any.

I'm using 7x15 American five spokes at the back, does anyone know how big a tyre I can get on an Oval using these wheels without major work?

www.type-magazine.com

205/70's would possibly be OK on 7s? There are 215/65 15s listed on the Northants Tyres (http://www.northhantstyres.com/RTS%20final/2156515.htm) but I don't think there are any 205/65 15s? Vredestein have a 205/60 listed on VintageTyres (http://www.vintagetyres.com/display.asp?K=20081209_3120_000134&sf_01=keyword&sort=sort_size&st_01=205+15&x=0&y=0&m=1&dc=13) site. Give either of those two places a ring though and they should be able to tell you what's what.

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Cheers for that, but I think the problem is they won't be raised white letter tyres.

you can buy a White tire paint pen from most small motor shops - just a thought  :)

mickey thompson ovals?

lids, where can you still get those then?

how about some like these....205/70 x 15's
(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c260/jick-r/Image104.jpg)

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9488&frostProductName=White+Tyre+Pen+&catID=58&subCatID=&FrostCat=Wheels&Tyres&FrostSubcat=

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i know you have em jick, but where can you still get those? and do they have em smaller as well? 185ish...

As far as I know BFGoodrich sells radial T/A's with raised white letters in a 205/65/15.

the MT's are only 2-3 yrs old, you must still be able to get them?

Those Mickeys are perfect but where the heck do you get them?

http://laracingparts.com/acatalog/Mikey_Thompson_Indy_Profile_S_S.html

mmh, what sizes do they compare to?

(http://www.michaelliddle.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/mates%20cars/spence/2.jpg)  This is them fitted on a car, I am not a rubber perve so have no idea on sizes.  All i know is that i run 185's cuz they is the rulez

The only Mickeys you can fit under std. fenders are F70-15. Wich equals to about 215/70-15.
I have a set on 5,5" mws brm´s. Fits nicely, but I´m not sure what will happen to the fender clearance if you fit them to a 7" wheel. It will depend on the offset, and even then...
F70-15 is by the way the narrowest size i have seen in any tire brand with raised white letters.

JS much appreciated

Wasn't the question here RADIAL white letters? Those Mickeys, like Firestone Wide Ovals, Goodyear Polyglas and so on are bias ply tires. BFG Radial T/A's are the only decent radials I know of that are made in suitable sizes and with white letters.

On the other hand.. If we're talking about a cal-looker here, when radials became the norm in the early seventies white letters were considered yesterdays news.. They were a thing of the late sixties, specially on musclecar tires, and would suit an early looker.

Well I would prefer radials and the car isn't a Cal-looker.