Absolutely it looked cool! That's why we did it... Didn't we? JDHall
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale McIntosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:08 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Retro tires. > Yeah! Everything Clint said plus ripping up the sidewalls because they > still rubbed the fender lip. But it sure looked cool 35 years ago, eh? > LOL! > > Dale > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clint Hooper > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 9:32 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Retro tires. > > > > > > Back in the old days,Chad,we jacked up our cars with air > > shocks and silly extended shackles because we couldn't get > > wheels with the correct backspacing to make larger tires fit > > inside the wheelwells,where they belong. Jacked-up rear ends > > look dumb,handle like crap,and cause wheelhop like crazy. > > Sorry for being so blunt. Clint Hooper LT5 Registry Director > > http://www.LT5Registry.net/ ACES #1650 > > http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint_hooper.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Chad P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > my dad told me that all of his cars, he used to airshock > > the back up > > > and > > put > > > some L-60's in the back. said they were like 11 inches wide. They > > > were cool, and I always wondered why nobody does that > > nowadays. they > > > look > > neat, > > > makes it look muscular. my dad said that the front tires > > used to wear > > > off quicker than the back, but since he did burnouts every > > once in a > > > while, > > the > > > back tires used to match up with the front, lol. bye. > > > > > > Chad > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Richard M. Pruett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:18 PM > > > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Retro tires. > > > > > > > > > > Mark, > > > > > > > > Since no one answered your post, I will try to shed some > > light. I am > > > > old enough to remember bias ply tires and how they rode. > > In fact, I > > > > use to > > > sell > > > > tires when the "new" radials were first coming out; I was a very > > > > young > > > man! > > > > As I remember, bias ply tires were rough riding and did > > not give you > > > > the feel of the road that the radials do today. You will probably > > > > forfeit > > > about > > > > 2/3 to 1/2 of the traction of a radial. If you had nylon > > cords, they > > would > > > > develop a flat spot after sitting for a while, say overnite, and > > > > "bump" > > > for > > > > a while until they warmed up. > > > > > > > > The poly-glas "retro" tires you are referring to means they have > > polyester > > > > cords and fiberglass belts. Decent ride for the time but not the > > > > ride a radial will give you. Steel belts were available > > as well if > > > > you wanted > > to > > > > feel as though you were driving a half-track. They will > > not corner > > > > as > > well > > > > and will hydroplane much easier as you will have less > > traction, less > > > > of > > a > > > > footprint, on the road. > > > > > > > > One good thing about bias-ply tires, if you are into > > this, is that > > > > they > > > will > > > > "grow" when you spin them. In other words, get a larger diameter. > > > > Drag racers use bias-ply tires because they "grow" and > > they have a > > > > greater diameter tire; with each turn of the tire, they will go > > > > further. > > > > > > > > I suspect you are putting Poly-glas tires on to be "era" or period > > correct > > > > and that case, the G-60 or 8.25-15 is what we used to sell to the > > > > guys during those days. The F was a 7.95. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Rich, The young teenager of the 60's > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Weber > > > > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 12:25 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [Chevelle-List] Retro tires. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any comments on the retro bias ply tires that Good Year and > > > > Firestone > > > make? > > > > I am of the age where everything I have owned has had > > radials. I am > > > curious > > > > about the traction of the bias ply vs. the radial. I expect the > > > > ride to > > > be > > > > a little rougher, smoother ride is a benefit of radials. > > > > > > > > I ordered Good Year Poly Glas F60's for my Chevelle, my > > build sheet > > > > had > > > the > > > > code for "15 F60". > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > 71 SS > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
