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Old 21-05-08, 04:03
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Jim,

If they can find someone to buy at that price, I am going into the tyre export game. They obviously don't want the business.

You can see in my message above what the Australian price is from the importers - well under $200 per tyre/tube/rustband unit.

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Old 21-05-08, 04:11
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Lang:
The tyre cost is $171 each with the tube at $29 each. There were no rustbands available for this size tyre. The surface shipping is the killer at $600 total for the five sets or $120 per tyre.......

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Old 21-05-08, 05:03
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Did Wallace ever get back to you with the style of tread on the molds he owns?

Shame we could only get to the 28 mark. Maybe some better form of advertising the possibility of these tires has to take place. For instance, the possibility could be listed in each of the Canadian clubs newsletters. That might scrounge up most of the balance needed.

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Old 21-05-08, 06:03
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Rob:
No, Wallace never did get back to me. However, somewhere lately I came across a reference that led me to suspect that the mold had been previously owned by United Tire. I believe they went belly-up a few years back.
I'll give him a call tomorrow and ask if he could reduce the number to 50 and see if he's got any info on what the tread looks like.
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