Hot Rods How do you guys store special tires?

I have found two sets of special tires for my cars and want to mount them as late as possible to avoid building scars and welding ray exposure.
My thought is to build crates for the set which does not have a crate and store them in a dark windowless room indoors as the temp and mosture is low and stable. I think the 90 years old basement is not dry enough even though its cooler. And the barn is dry but temp is all over the place.

What do you guys do with vintage tires?

 

under the beds in the house works best

 

In a dark and damp area. In an old potato cellar
(Gammal potitt kjeller)!


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Taildragger&fenderless

 

Rubber has a shelf life.... 5 or so years... The build date is embossed in the tire in an oval indent,,, first 2 numbers are week, second is year...( 4 numbers)

 

Work faster on the car.

 

Special tires?

 

I store them like I store aircraft tires. Out of the direct light, upright, not near anything that creates ozone (welders, electric motors, that sort of thing).

 

Best answer... mine are under the basement stairs. dark,cool,undisturbed

 

I would put them in the basement, lay them flat and stack on top of one another and cover with a cloth or tarp (not plastic sheet, it does not breathe).

I don't think it matters much if they are flat or upright. The main thing is they should be in a cool place protected from light and ozone.

It is also true that tires lose half their strength after 5 years no matter what you do.

 

In my parents' basement, wrapped in garbage bags and blankets, uder the Ping-Pong table that hasn't been used since the Nixon administration.

It's cool, dry and dark and nobody will bother them.

 

Hyperbolic chamber. I heard micheal Jackson's estate has one for sale.

 

2nd

 

Lay 'em down, wrapped in garbage bags in a cool place. Five to six years is the shelf life on tire rubber.

 

Do not stack them!

 

+1 Vertical storage only!!

 

Either of you gonna tell us why?

 

In my closet

 

Bottom of the stack gets squished.

 

I have a tire rack from an old gas station

 

from the experts...

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=37&

 

Reposted

 

What is a basement. We don't have em down here !

 

On display in my living room, cool, dry, and I keep the shades closed so no direct sunlight.

 

I bought a pair of Firestone Dirt track tires from Larry Rodriques in '76.

Should have waited and bought 'em now... (they'd be just as aged!) TIME is the factor.

Conversely, I found some pairs of 2" Heli-Arc wheels/tires for my B/Team Race control line airplanes, dated 1952. (eboy) The seller had bought the defunct America's Hobby Center in New York...ALL the stock, emptied the 4-storied warehouse.
Tires had been at the back of a shelf, in a cardboard box. They are soft, round, and 'fresh'. Rubber compound, much like my Bias Ply car tires...

A find like this authenticates the 'build', as in our 'traditional' car stuff.

 

Wash in big bucket with dish soap, allow to dry, wrap in saran wrap, cool dry place...

 

That's a bit of an overstatement, don't you think?

 

I would think stacking would be better on them especially bias plys ...because of flat spotting and with the weight of the other tires on top it keep them round with radials I don't think it would much matter but I would put something between and under them if stacking I wouldn't leave the bottom tire to lay directly on the floor


soo just how much money does it take to have "special" tires? must be a lot more then iv ever had all ive ever owned were just normal round black vynil ones

 

About $450.00 a copy. And believe me, they are stored in a cool dry dark and secure place.

 

Store them in sealed garbage bags in a dark area.
Bias ply tires can last a very long time. 25-30 years is not unheard of. Radials, not so much. Maybe 5-6.

 

I found a good set of M&H piecrust slicks and stored them laying flat. I hadn't check them in awhile and when I did, the casing had separated from the cap because the casing sunk down (from gravity) and the cap held its shape. If yours is a recap, I definitely wouldn't recommend laying flat - learn from my mistake.