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Old Aug 9, 2022 | 07:55 PM
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What is significance of the UHF80 stenciled on the tread?

This is the spare from my '81.
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Old Aug 11, 2022 | 02:11 PM
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It likely has no significance regarding your corvette. I believe those markings are placed on the tire by the tire manufacturer. Check out tires at the tire store, many have various lines/stripes and alphanumeric characters on the tread that are applied by an ink roller at the end of the manufacturing process to denote any number of things from time/shift codes, rubber compounding traceability, quality traceability, distribution and or end user destination codes etc.
How about posting some pics of the car?
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Thank you sir. Here are the pics!



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Old Aug 16, 2022 | 04:01 PM
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Looks like a really clean car. I like that color combination. I hope life is good for you in Howell. I spent my first 63 years in southeast MI, starting out downriver then to Livonia and then 30yrs in Clarkston.

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