Tire help for 79 L82
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Tire help for 79 L82
Looking for a source for OEM reproduction Goodyears for a 79 with the 255/60-15 tires. Car is all original but the current tires are 22 years old. Looking to do a cosmetic restore and would like to get a set of GT Radial OWL tires. I checked Coker but they don't seem to carry Goodyear tires for this car. Thanks for any and all assistance.
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There was a post here earlier to day about those being reproduced hopefully they will pop in this thread
They were not solid white script like the eagle Gts were ( I wish!)
They were not solid white script like the eagle Gts were ( I wish!)
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I saw a thread the other day where a guy had purchased a 1000 mile 78 Pace car and apparently bought new reproduction GT Radials. I didn't know they were being repro'd but you might search for the thread and see if you can get some info from there. I just went back and searched and it looks like the person ordered them from Mid America Motorworks. See the "new to me pace car" thread.
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I saw a thread the other day where a guy had purchased a 1000 mile 78 Pace car and apparently bought new reproduction GT Radials. I didn't know they were being repro'd but you might search for the thread and see if you can get some info from there. I just went back and searched and it looks like the person ordered them from Mid America Motorworks. See the "new to me pace car" thread.
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Looking for a source for OEM reproduction Goodyears for a 79 with the 255/60-15 tires. Car is all original but the current tires are 22 years old. Looking to do a cosmetic restore and would like to get a set of GT Radial OWL tires. I checked Coker but they don't seem to carry Goodyear tires for this car. Thanks for any and all assistance.
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Only options are BFGs radial TAs or Cooper cobras.
Thats why we have all moved up to 17” or 18” wheels for the better tire selection.
Thats why we have all moved up to 17” or 18” wheels for the better tire selection.
