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- From: dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye )
- Subject: Re: Radials on '60s era cars?
- Message-ID: <1992Oct12.182625.24839@i88.isc.com>
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- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:26:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct9.015145.17654@muddcs.claremont.edu> aroe@jarthur.claremont.edu (Napkin Ball Warrior) writes:
- >In article <1992Oct08.161847.26172@i88.isc.com> dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye ) writes:
- >>In article <1992Oct7.214440.4916@clipper.ingr.com> greeven@clipper.ingr.com (John Greeven) writes:
- >>>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?
- >
- >My '68 Chevelle ran fine on radials with the stock suspension, but I went
- >out to get new shocks later on anyway.
- >
- >> My parents just bought a '67 that had bias ply tires on it.
- >>Mom couldn't believe how bad the thing handled, since she had also been
- >>driving a similar vintage car with radials.
- >
- >Awww, come on! It wasn't THAT bad, at least from what I remembered, bias
-
- That's just it; you *don't* remember...My mom didn't remember,
- *I* didn't remember. They seemed fine because we didn't have
- anything to compare to!
-
- If you don't believe me, I've still got the 8.55x14's in
- my garage...still mounted. You are welcome to take them out for a
- spin!
-
- --Ken
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