[QUOTE=YM-Mundrabilla;16481.
I don't fancy those tyres in the wet or the dry.
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Those type of tyres handled snow conditions much better than modern ones, their thin profile allowed them to cut through the snow and find hard surface, modern wide profile (tread) tyres fitted as standard from new cannot do that; you have to have winter tyres to handle deep snow. Living and driving in hilly Yorkshire (in the past) snow never stopped us
Just look at some old films and see how cars of the 1920's coped, nothing seemed to stop them (except perhaps water in the carb)
Just as an aside I keep a set of 'Snow Socks' for my wheels in winter when needed, made of some material designed in Sweden, so easy to put on and take off, no messing with chains. When your done you can put them in the washing machine and store them in the spare wheel well when dry, allowed me to go in a front wheel drive car where 4 x 4 were struggling, they also work in the sand