The Uniroyals on my W116 are probably 10 years old now, plenty of tread left. I've never been able to find the date code on tires so not sure but they're the same tires that were on the car when I got it.
On Tue, Jul 4, 2023, at 18:27, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Actually the date code on the tires is March of 1999. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 4, 2023, at 10:17 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> And you can leave the tires on for provenance! >> >> -D >> ________________________________ >> From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Rick Knoble via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 11:12 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Cc: Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 20 year old tires >> >> Sounds like a candidate for BaT or MB Marketplace. >> >> >> Rick >> >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Sent: July 4, 2023 9:33 AM >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Cc: ka...@striplin.net >> Subject: [MBZ] 20 year old tires >> >> This 73 SL is about ready to go. I got the fuel tank back in this weekend >> along with the new fuel pump and it starts and runs. Today I will change all >> the fluids and filters. Might pop the plugs out and take a gander at them. >> This car has always been stored indoors and has like new tires on it. They >> are 20 years old but look like new with no cracking etc. I guess I will >> replace them anyway as driving on tires this old even though they look good >> is commonly regarded as a bad idea I do believe. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
