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I was reminiscing about this tire today and googled it and here I am. As a young, 25yo, dealer VW tech back then I did not how good cars could handle as VW's didn't and Porsche's did. I bought a '69 squareback from the original owner when the coil brft broke off the fan shroud, shorted out the term 15 wire thru the ignition switch. The car had the stock 4" wheels with 165 Semperitt FABRIC radials, and on the drive home from Orange County to Redondo Beach some idiot cut me off and I made an evasive lane change at 60mph. I literally thought the car was gonna swap ends that day. Not long after this while at a local swap meet I recognized the thread design on a pair of tires this guy had and had a closer look at them. They were Pirelli CN36 in a 185/70VR15 size. I think I bought them for $15 ea, took them home, and mounted them on a pair of steel 5 1/2" 914 wheels. With no other change this heavy tail end car now handled as if it was on rails. This is where I learned the importance of slip angles' affect on car handling. What a tire.
Bill
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