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- From: greeven@clipper.ingr.com (John Greeven)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Radials on '60s era cars?
- Message-ID: <1992Oct7.214440.4916@clipper.ingr.com>
- Date: 7 Oct 92 21:44:40 GMT
- Organization: Intergraph Advanced Processor Division - Palo Alto, CA
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- I have a '66 Buick with Bias Ply tires which are all but worn out.
- Replacements are available though quite expensive due to their
- increasing rarity. I'm considering putting on radial tires but
- am concerned of potential incompatibility. Although I've seen
- many '60s era cars with radials I've also heard that the suspensions
- were not designed for radials and the combination can be bad or
- even dangerous. At the very least I would only consider putting on
- 4 new radials and not mixing radial and bias ply tires, right?
-
- A second factor is that the old bias ply tires had relatively low tread
- wear. I'm not sure whether this is more due to the tire type (probably)
- than to the weight of the car (4000+ lbs).
-
- Any thoughts or personal experience with this would be greatly
- appreciated.
-
-
- John
- greeven@clipper.ingr.com
-