fastimes

Okay . . . I know I'm not breaking any new ground here, but I just love discovering these things about my car.
I removed the spare carrier for easier access to my differential and snubber. I found the original spare tire intact and still holding air.
The carrier itself is in great shape also. Love this stuff!

general ike

Very cool!! Has the rubber hardened or is it still flexible. If you ever plan to use a spare I would put that away for show and get another tire to keep in there. Ike

Mako72

Cool find.
I still have my Uniroyal Tiger Paw from my '72.

fastimes

It's actually still flexible. The tread area has a bit of drying/checking, so of course I would never use it.

VERYSOON

Its like finding a 50 year old bottle of wine that is undrinkable!
My spare was original red stripe. Still had the little rubber spikes. Left it at the shop.
Did find original bright blue t-top covers in rear glass holder!! Unused.
Kept those.
Cool finding these things!!
VS

cv67

Very cool. wish they would bring back the old script from some of these tires..esp goodyear and firestone.

The lack of or dorky huge stickers, well...not quite the same (no offense)

VERYSOON

I would kill for something that looked like the Goodyear Polyglas letters on a modern tire that I had on my 66 GTO!

71 Green 454

[QUOTE=VERYSOON;1599327415]Its like finding a 50 year old bottle of wine that is undrinkable!
My spare was original red stripe. Still had the little rubber spikes. Left it at the shop.
Did find original bright blue t-top covers in rear glass holder!! Unused.
Kept those.
Cool finding these things!!

I have a bottle of 1971 red wine to go along with my original 1971 spare tire.

EP1978

There are actually companies out there who reproduce retired tires. http://www.kelseytire.com/pages/preformancetires2.html

Not sure if I'm ready to trust reproduction tires though; especially if the car is anything more than a weekend driver or show car.

Redvette2

Would you please measure the diameter if you still can....on another post we are trying to find out what it actually is on the original F70-15 spare tire.

Thanks,
Redvette2

fastimes

No Problem. I'll post later today.

VERYSOON

Yeah, those are old tech bias ply fiberglass belted. No way I would put those on my corvette with modern radials available. Those old style tires did make pretty powder blue smoke, though!!
VS

L-46man

Take a gabillion pictures of it and throw it away...unless your car is a museum piece.

I did the same for the 82 CE and the 69 'vert, BOTH had tires that were never removed /put on the ground etc. Love seeing those little '****' tho!

Then I put a real tire in that position.

The thought of; A. The tire blowing up, shredding and taking out $10,000 worth of fiberglass and paint was nightmarish. B. Ditto the thought of abandoning the car to Zombies on the side of the road, while I walked to Bubba's tire and drooling emporium only to find that a 255/60/15 is not available...yikes!

Edit; I DIDN'T throw the 69 F-70-15 REDLINE away...couldn't bear that! The old Polyglas is playground food now!

Archaeology good! Antique SPARE tire=BAD!

Unkahal

OldCarBum

Nice find!

fastimes

Redvette2, you're looking at a diameter of 25 3/4" on the dot. Hope that helps.

Redvette2

Yes...thanks again!

Redvette2

QuattroFour4

I've actually used my spare tire on my '77 and it's now worn and I was looking to replace it. Where should I look?

firstgenaddict

Does it have any markings on the tread? Like stenciled on?

427SIXPACK

I have my original red stripe spare in the carrier as well.