Bias Ply tire manufacturers
01-31-2002, 10:47 PM
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Re: Bias Ply tire manufacturers (garagedweller2)
Hey garagedweller are you into race car decals ? Let me know and I will send you some ! A company called coker tire makes repro tires
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02-01-2002, 10:54 AM
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Re: Bias Ply tire manufacturers (garagedweller2)
Try Cokertire.com. I run their Firestone F70-15 Wide Ovals on my '72. Coker uses the original Firestone molds for these. The ride and cornering isn't as nice as with modern radials but, for me, they just complete the "look."
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02-01-2002, 11:31 AM
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Re: Bias Ply tire manufacturers (garagedweller2)
I believe the original molds for the name brand tires were sold along with the rights to market them. Coker is one who has some of these original tires.
You do need to be careful as some of the tires are not the original configuration as the original on the Corvette. For example the Firestone Wide Oval tire that Coker is selling is a fiberglass belted tire and has 1 or 2 [my memory again] less treads in the tire pattern. The original tire was a bias ply nylon cord tire with more tread in the pattern then the belted tire. The Goodyear repro tire is more correct.
Ed
You do need to be careful as some of the tires are not the original configuration as the original on the Corvette. For example the Firestone Wide Oval tire that Coker is selling is a fiberglass belted tire and has 1 or 2 [my memory again] less treads in the tire pattern. The original tire was a bias ply nylon cord tire with more tread in the pattern then the belted tire. The Goodyear repro tire is more correct.
Ed