Hi Don and all
My manual says the same,My Caravel has 15`` wheels,I put Goodyear marathon
radials on 6 ply,205/15. I cant report on sway problems yet cause its
blocked in by my safari ,not to mention the muddy road here! I hope theres
no problem,they were expensive for the size of them,but they came off and
went on easy enuf.Glad you made it home O.K.,thats a long haul...
Chris Elliott
67 caravel (with alum. wiring AND radials) :^( I still love it tho...
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> From: Don Horn <donhorn@mindspring.com>
> To: airstream@airstream.net
> Subject: Re: [a/s] Quick Question
> Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 10:39 PM
>

>

> specifications page in the front it says the 1965 Caravel 17-ft had "2, 6:70
> x 15, 6-ply white sidewalls." However, way in the back on page 17-2 it says
> "Your Airstream is equipped at the factory with Goodyear 7:00 x 15 travel
> trailer tires (Caravel has 7:50 x14 tubeless)." Doesn't mention Bambi II's
> at all. I wonder if there was some mid-year change, and they discontinued
> the Bambii II and at the same time increased the size of the Caravel tires?
> Or maybe they collated the wrong page 17-2 in my manual? The page with the
> floorplan definitely does say 1965 Caravel, 6:70 x 15. Anyway, I didn't
> seem to have much problem with clearance in the wheel wells for the 15"
> tires, either the LT's or the new radials, but putting on the smaller
> radials did lower the trailer clearance. My Caravel was made in California
> (s/n starts with "SO"). Maybe they put bigger wheels on them out there...?
> :^).
>
> Now I'm really disappointed to find that radials cause sway problems.
:^(
> Unless I missed something in all the other responses, you're the first one
> to mention this. I specifically sought out radials because I thought they
> were an improvement over bias plies, especially with all the talk of the
> Goodyear Marathon radials (although I didn't end up getting those).
>
> Can you still get bias ply "ST" tires? If so, what is the meaning of the
> sizes? (G-78 / 15 and 6:70 x 15 for example).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don