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This is NOT, repeat, NOT an entry in the contest.... but last weekend at the SACC annual convention in Ventura, CA... a guy had the original tires on his 1960.
Yes really.
Yes.. he rolled it off the trailer into the parking lot.
No, he did not participate in the 30 mile fun cruise to the Malamut auto museum.
Yes, he is an NCRS guy!
See my other thread for photos of most of the 70 C1s that attended.
As an aside, this was in my spare tire well.. Not sure how old it was.. Definitely older than 1975.
When I bought the 64 convertible I flew to Phoenix and drove it back to the Bay Area. To the sellers credit, he advised against this on account of it being a largely unrestored 50+ year old car. All of the tires had tread, but appeared to be from the 80's, he told me he filled the spare and checked that it was holding air for the few days it took me to get down there. When I arrived home, I found this in the spare carrier, so I guess for that 750 miles or so, I was actually relying on the original spare ! I replaced all five after returning home, thats when I found out new tires don't fit the spare carrier, but this one fit perfect :
A bit off subject but growing up my Dad had a Sunoco station and sold Kelly Sprigfield tires. I remember a big sign out on the highway that read 6-70 x15 tubless tires $9.99 each installed.
I just replaced the 1975 JCPenney Survivors on my 61. My dad said that was a waste of money because the tread was great, they were not cracked and held air fine...
But he used a nail to secure the front wheel bearing nut on instead cotter key.
I just replaced the 1975 JCPenney Survivors on my 61. My dad said that was a waste of money because the tread was great, they were not cracked and held air fine...
But he used a nail to secure the front wheel bearing nut on instead cotter key.
I bought a new set of JC Penny Survivor radials, same year. Put them on my wife's station wagon. They'd been on the car a few months and either one or two of the tires looked like soup noodles, they were so far out of shape.
I betcha' he'll find out the oldest tire in use won't be a steel belted radial.
See my jack in the box comment in post #28.
The 43-45 year old bias plies on my T don't seem to impress the OP....I wonder if my buddy running 68 year old tires on his T has a receipt from Montgomery Wards....he just might, as his dad saved everything. I wonder if a receipt would work, in lieu of date codes that didn't exist when these tires were made.
Here's one of the 4 Firestone's on my 1915 Ford. The tires date from 1974-75. This car is driven regularly. These are bias belted, made in New Zealand tires, clincher type, which run at 65PSI. They are in excellent condition. Road speeds are typically 30-35 mph, but this car has been clocked at 45 mph. Vehicle weight is approx 1300 pounds.
My old 56 just after the first test drive. The bias belt "roller" is on the front, the 1978 temp spare is on the rear.
OK, to say that I am surprised by what showed up in this thread is an understatement.
I had no doubt that bias belt tires would win the competition, so to speak. I don't ever recall seeing a bias belt tire come apart. I am sure it has happened, but I have never seen it.
When I started this thread, I was really trying to gauge how many people were driving their cars on tires that were well beyond 10 years. But I was really thinking about radial tires; I had not considered bias belt tires.
When I bought my last 56 Corvette in 2007, one of the tires (rollers) on the car was a bias belt. I did not check the date code, but the tire looked fine. I took my first ride after getting the engine installed and the car running with those rollers on it. I had also forgotten that one of these tires was a 1978 Corvette temporary spare. The bias belt is, I believe, on the left front.
07-25-2018, 06:38 PM
