Gugie the 32mm tires are Compass light sidewall Stampede Pass. I have them on our Stevenson Custom Tandem and on my Katakura-Silk/Nishiki-Professional and the ride is sublime in both cases though with more air pressure with the tandem! Since I have these on hand and they've worked so well for me so far I will wear them out first before exploring larger 34mm-38mm tires, but I agree the quality of the tire is critical to the ride/performance of any tire wide or narrow. Wide, heavy and stiff tires can't be corrected much even by the best steel frame/fork.

P.S. I also thought $70.00 for this bike was a pretty good deal and its in my size. Wow that just caught my thoughts, $70.00 is what you can pay for a single quality bike tire nowdays, let alone a complete working bike, vintage the best deal in biking I think.