Dateline: Houston, TX

[Bwana]

Scientists converged on the small village of Conroe yesterday after the discovery of an ancient automotive artifact. Auto-paleontologists and auto-archeologists were excavating the trunk area of an Italian import 1972 BMW 3.0 CSi Coupe when they found what appears to be an OEM Michelin 205/14 XWX in good condition.

The tire appears to have been manufactured in the 7th week of 1971 and sold to BMW for inclusion as the spare tire for this particular Coupe. This was later confirmed by a technical expert from Discount Tire. This is only the second XWX tire know to still exist.
The "dig" where the tire was found, it's residence for the last 41 years

It actually cleaned right up

At the completion of the analysis, the tire will be donated to the BMW museum in Greenville, SC.

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[deQuincey]

good one !
you should take a look at the convergence of at least one of your wheels :razz:

 

[DerSchwede]

That old Michelin will certainly not be a piece delivered together with the car for one specific reason:

According to BMW the 6" Pedrini-rim (as well as the later 20 spoke Alpina-style 6x14"-rim made by for instance FPS) should only carry 175-195 mm wide tires. When it comes to 205 mm wide tires BMW says NO! (or use a wider rim). The 3.0CS/CSi only and always came with 195/70 or DR70 tires if paired with 6 in rims, never 205.

Sorry to bring a fine story back to reality... but that's the way it is.

 

[deQuincey]

That old Michelin will certainly not be a piece delivered together with the car for one specific reason:

According to BMW the 6" Pedrini-rim (as well as the later 20 spoke Alpina-style 6x14"-rim made by for instance FPS) should only carry 175-195 mm wide tires. When it comes to 205 mm wide tires BMW says NO! (or use a wider rim). The 3.0CS/CSi only and always came with 195/70 or DR70 tires if paired with 6 in rims, never 205.

Sorry to bring a fine story back to reality... but that's the way it is.

oh, germans, facts, and facts, truth anyway, but lack of poetry ! :-D

i will add another reason, the tyre was used so no absolute evidence of being original

now i learn from you that the original rim was called "Pedrini" ! that is nice piece of information