So you say radials suck...

Well, I'm beginning to think they can look right and refreshing on an old hot rod... ya just have to get the size right.

Sam.

 

Nice car !

The backs look good, but I think that Michelin 165's would have been a better choice for the front.

(edit: These old style Michelins are still available new)

 

That coupe is just right Sam. But the back tires are too skinney for a good running Hemi I'd think.

 

I agree...the car looks great....but you're still not getting me to change from my 2 plies.....

 

radials can look great with some well spent time with a tire groover. you just have to find one that the side wall to tread looks good.

 

radials first showed up in 1948
fit on alot of cars, but www radials look FUGLY!!!

 

but then again, ok www cheater slicks is another issue though....
as they are radial, but thats another story

 

Those are probably some of the better looking radials Ive seen on a rod, but they just wont burn, screetch around corners or wobble across the road like bias
-Dean

 

Nuttin' wrong with radials! As stated, you just gotta buy the RIGHT ones, and not some Super Comrade Wanderer brand or anything...and as far as being trad, my Dad was runnin' Michelin's on his 58 MGA back in the early 60s!

 

What size and brand are they?

 

that car is pretty cool, only thing thats gets my attention is that i wish the grillinsert was black instead that would lift the car alot,

 

If your gonna stand there and look at it, bias plies are the winner, but if your gonna DRIVE it, radials are the way to go.........a lot less tire problems not even considering drivability.

-slacker

 

Those rears look the part...and what C9 said

Pete

 

The Coker (yeah, I know) 16" radials are the only ones that look right to me. Well, everything but the $197 price. And they do come in a blackwall.
http://www.coker.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=18387&cat=363&page=1

 

its a nice car, but the tires suck....radials came out in the late 40's??, who the hell used them???

 

Ya know Sam, I saw that car in person a bunch of times this past weekend and as much as I tried I just couldn't hate those back tires.

You still can't beat a beautiful piecrust sidewall...but for radials they do look pretty darn good.

 

That's a really bitchin A. The rear tires look pretty good, but the fronts gotta go. A good compromise would be those rears with those high dollar Coker fronts.

Seriously, I have zero negative things to say about the drivabilty of my bias tires. Zilch.

 

Ryan, Hold your head high and look the world right in the eye. I'm sure a survey would find you blameless for this little mis-step on the traditional highway.


Frank

 

I have no idea what size they are... but I know they are the same tire guys run on the duallies...

I also know part of the trick in getting them to look right is wheel width.

I notice that they are 16" wheels... and they are NOT Ford originals... they're too wide to be a Ford rim... plus you can see the sharp step in the drop center next to the beauty ring.

So my guess is that the rim is almost as widee as the tread pattern... maybe we can get someone to ask the owner at the next show... and fill us in on the size of the tire and the width of the rim... but he nailed it.

Sam.

 

Scroll down to #31 (whizzerrick's) on this link.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46019&highlight=dunlop+rover+radial

They appear very similar. If he shows up at Hot Rod-a-Rama I'll take notes and post them.

Chris

 

Too bad you're not one of those magazine guys someone would probably give you tires. At least that's what they tell me.

There's a guy here in town that runs radial truck tires on a '34 High-Boy. Bridgstone duellerIIs I think 295x70 or the like. At a glance they resemble an old dirt track tire. looks pretty good.

I think it just depends on the tire and the ride. Some radials have a really squared off tread.

 

SIMON,
X's or XZX's are still available?
Where?
Anywhere north of the Equator?

 

Yea, I want to know too... I need some for the front of my Model A.

Sam.

 

Sorry, I'm not SIMON, but Coker has them for one. Longstone tyres (UK) also carries them.

http://cokertire.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=17679&cat=290&page=2


Chris

 

i spotted some tires in a tire store a while back, they were probably a little taller, with a slightly more agressive tread, but for what i had in mind they were perfect..a channeled unchopped extended cab T pickup beater, but they'd be great for a midified too, the tires were replacements for 40's military jeeps.

 

Chris,
Thanks. I DO appreciate the search and reply.
But I'm interested in a Michelin XZX tire made by Michelin to the same quality as the ones that lasted 18 years on my MG, not a Coker tire that just looks like a tire Michelin used to make, but no longer chooses to sell as Michelin's own and made with Michelin materials.
The Coker description line; "Tread design: XZX" scares me away. It says they only look like the real thing...
I want an "X" not a "Brand X"


Besides, they cost about double what they should.

 

Dr J
they sell michellinX tires at Sams Club back here. The local Cooper dealer also sells michellin tires I can ask them if you want.

 

DrJ, Coker only owns the exclusive US rights to sell the Michelin xzx tires, but Michelin still manufactures the tires. So these tires are the real thing. Someone had told me that a while back and I just got off the phone with Michelin to confirm it. And yes, they are exspensive.

For what it's worth, everyone that I know that has a set of these (MG's, Porsches, VW's, etc.) is just as happy with their Coker bought tires as they were with their Michelin bought tires. They were an excellent tire when new and appear to be just as good today.

Chris