Cheap Low Profile 1/8th Scale Tires

[Daytonatim]

Oh, and here is another tire that will work with the TDR rims in addition to the stock Deuce tires.

I was talking to a friend of mine about how I needed some big 1/8th scale tires for this trike I am working on. He told me that he had a model of an 1/8th scale trike.........the name escapes me right now........but I think it had the corvair (sp?) engine in it.

He gave me the tires and I brought them home and found that I just had to take about 1/16" off of the inner lip on the rim seat of the tire to make the TDR rims fit. I still need to taper the edge of our rim to make it seat better but it is very workable.

These tires measure out at 2.125" wide, 3.3" outside diameter, and 2 inch rim hole.

So with a little modification TDR 's rims will fit these tires too.

[ScaleMotorcars]

Sorry about that censor I fixed it. Here's a shot of that game. Found it for $8 online.

[hot ford coupe]

I think they look pretty good, Tim. It's amazing sometimes where you find stuff to build with. I found more incredible stuff outside of the box than in the kits themselves.

[Daytonatim]

Hey HFC.

Yeah, I agree. There is also a lot of satisfaction when you find something that works for a cheap price too........it must be that hunter instinct in us .......lol........we feel like we just got one over on "the man"!!

[Daytonatim]

Those other tires I posted in the second listing......could they be from a kit called "Evil Iron"? That seems to ring a bell in my dusty ole brain.

Does anybody know?

[RC-Archer]

Good job finding those tires!! Wonder how they would look on my Fiat...

I saw this this morning:

BIG 1/8 1968 TRIUMPHANT TRIKE CHOPPER MODEL KIT MINT - eBay (item 180446346596 end time Dec-21-09 17:01:20 PST)

[ScaleMotorcars]

Those other tires I posted in the second listing......could they be from a kit called "Evil Iron"? That seems to ring a bell in my dusty ole brain.

Does anybody know?

Thats right. Ive got a set and plan to offer them once the dust settles a bit. Got the ones from the beach trike also.

Ill have to post photos of all the tires. There's quite a few.

[flamefink]

Those other tires I posted in the second listing......could they be from a kit called "Evil Iron"? That seems to ring a bell in my dusty ole brain.

Does anybody know?

Those tires look like they're from the Revell 1/8 Corvair Formula Trike. There were a couple other versions of that trike that were all the same except for a slight alteration in the body. They're all pretty scarce and get expensive on ebay.

If you have a Big Lots discount store near you, check their game isle for the Luigis Tire game. I picked one up a couple weeks back for $4.99 but never had a chance to expirement with it yet. Thanks for the heads up Tim. Now that I know they'll work, I'll be heading back to pick an extra set up.
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[Daytonatim]

If these Luigi tires become popular, I will have to put up a separate listing in the TDR catalog for the rims to fit them.