karkrafter

I'll tell you what, IF Firestone ever made a radial 'Wide Oval' or Goodyear made a radial small letter 'Polyglas' with 1970 appearing sidewall....[and kept them affordable say $125 a pop] They would sell every one they could make.


Something can't come back in style if there is no product out there.

Chuck Gongloff

https://www.cokertire.com/firestone-...te-letter.html

http://www.kelseytire.com/pages/preformancetires2.html


They still make Firestone Wide O Ovals and Goodyear Polyglas tires.

wmf62

a 'bit' pricey....

Bill

karkrafter

Key word in my post was RADIAL....

Chuck Gongloff

If you wanna play, you gotta pay.


Yep, no radial comparables.......

MidShark

Geez... tough crowd! 40 years after having my 1st '57, which was a "day 2" car, I intend on making my current one look almost identical to it, which will include having Cragars with RWL tires on them. Yes, I am trying to harken back to a period in time:


Not sure yet if I'll paint the brake drums Chevy engine orange, though. But if I go to Goodwill, I'll bet I can find a nice set of bell bottom jeans! (Albeit it in a slightly larger size.)

Rich

karkrafter

Every drum brake car I own, and there is a ton of 'em has RED brake drums. Hell the Olds has Red drums AND RWL Tires!!

tuxnharley

Neither one!

wmf62

Chuck
sometimes it doesn't matter how much you pay, it still turns to shet....
Bill

Pilot Dan

RWL's came out in the 70's and were prominent on the muscle cars of the era and MANY C-2's also upgraded to those radials for the same reasons. In fact, many of us might argue that they are period correct to want that look now. I get that you and Chuck don't like them, but why slam the guys that do? Can't imagine what you would think about Wide Whitewalls on the early cars, never mind, no need to offend all those guys with the early cars also.

sub006

Neither. In THIS picture it's the goofy nose-up/tail-down reverse-rake ("gasser"?) stance The first two pics show a VERY nice C2 street custom, BETTER than stock IMO.

Heeia1

I have Mastercraft Avenger G/Ts. They seem to be fine for handling, etc.

BD104X

I shared my opinion because this is a discussion about why RWL's are becoming obsolete and the reason why they are obsolete is because they are very much "out of style " if you will. If a friend was wearing something out of style at a party I wouldn't say anything, but if he came out of the dressing room at a store and asked me what I though, I'm gonna be honest! Me and the others on here who are making fun of RWL's didn't just jump all over some guy at random. It's your car, do whatever you want - RWL's, wear bell bottoms, grow a mullet - look as silly as you want... God bless America!

midstyle

I like the old-school look of these on my 396; 3 of the 4 BFG Trans Am shoes were all I had.

GTOguy

I disagree with RWL tires being 'out of style' for these cars. If you want to be 'in style' currently, you need to install those atrocious 18" and up Ghetto Wheels that are all the rage with the gang-banger set. These cars are 'out of style', being 50+ years old....it is totally appropriate to have period correct or Day Two tires and wheels on them...and just as appropriate to have the Beatles, Doors, or Deep Purple playing on the stereo when you drive them. To each his own. I also have red brake drums on my RWL-equipped GTO...works for me!

Pilot Dan

Yes you are right the OP asked about RWL tires, people responded with their pics and input and then YOU decided to turn this into a dissing of everyone else because YOU did not agree with their opinions (which are MOST people who responded to this thresd). You also miss the point, THESE ARE OLD CARS it's not quite the same as dressing in a leisure suit today. Also, threads like this that seek opinion are just that, so you can loose the condescending attitude and show some respect to the rest of us. Do you also go around and insult people at car shows if you don't like their cars??

BD104X

Sorry Pilot Dan, but that's the beauty of an opinion - yours is worth the exact same as mine. If an old guy dresses in a leisure suit, people give him a pass because he's old - not because he looks any less silly. Me giving my opinion on this is no different than when someone on here is asking what is the widest tire they can fit and some old timer weighs in about how these cars don't look right with anything other than a 5" wide bias ply. I've seen plenty of threads on here where an old timer weighs in on a resto-mod and says that they should have just bought a C7 if they want modern technology, and that is no less condescending. Just for the record , I'm 45 years old - I may be a bit younger than many on here, so while I'm not advocating 21" wheels and low profile tires, I'm also of the opinion that just because these cars are older they don't necessarily have to look like they just rolled out of a time machine. That's the beauty of these cars - just like opinions, we each get to do what we want. You don't have to like mine and I don't have to like yours. My opinion may be the minority on this forum but if I was that far off base we wouldn't be using words like "obsolete" & "hard to find". As I said earlier, I would never go to a car show insult someone's car, but if I got into a discussion with him about RWL's I would certainly tell him how I feel. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.

Thorson

BD104X system antagonist
Moderators should get on this.

wmf62

I don't find his comments particularly offensive, afterall they are his opinion; there are far worse individuals on this forum and, even worse, we have a pair of dikheads running for president... (...and that's my opinion (and I do stand for the national anthem....))



Bill

Thorson

Just something strange with these posts. Maybe it's something with my devices, but I can't view a post from that guy until it's been replied to.
Then it's all about mullets and leisure suits.
The thread was about RWL tires going obsolete but that's ridiculous. They haven't been out of production and have always been available.
It was great that he made some calls though. You can tell he's a swell egg!
I'm not sure that he's clear on what obsolete means in this context. We're talking about tires for 1960's cars. Redlines, Goldlines, BlueStreaks are ok? Billboards and BFG's not ok?