69 H/O--What tires are you running?

[Cameo White]

Modern radials or reproduction Polyglas bias ply? I guess it depends on whether the car is driven or used for show?

I don't have any experience driving on bias ply tires, and it is getting time for me to make a choice on my car. Thanks for the input.

[joe_padavano]

Originally Posted by Cameo White

Modern radials or reproduction Polyglas bias ply? I guess it depends on whether the car is driven or used for show?

I don't have any experience driving on bias ply tires, and it is getting time for me to make a choice on my car. Thanks for the input.

BFG 255/60-15 on stock rims at all four corners

[Olds64]

Don't use bias ply tires. Radials are better in about every concievable way.

[88 coupe]

Originally Posted by Cameo White

........ I guess it depends on whether the car is driven or used for show? ........

Exactly.

Norm

[olzman]

When I bought my H/O it had bias ply's on it. Replaced them with BFG radial TA's 235 60 15 on front 275 60 15 on the rear. It really changed the way the car handled and road.

[69ho aurora]

As mentioned, it really is a matter of what you want.

I ran Goodyear Wingfoot radials for the first few years after I got my car together and they handled great and looked classy, but there was no mistaking them for original. I had been looking for the original tires and hadn't been able to assemble a full set in decent condition so I didn't have a choice. In 89 I think it was, the repro tires first came out and I bought a set. While they looked great (not quite correct as they didn't have the 1969 model year version available at the time), the handling and traction wasn't even close to the radials.

I've had those tires on my car for almost 20 years now. I replaced one about 2 years ago due to dry rot in the sidewall. I can say that the new tire has much better traction than the initial repros I got (I mounted it on the right rear). It is a noticeable improvement. These days, they use them for some form of stock drag racing and run into the 12s at least, so there is decent traction there. Handling??? Well, they still aren't radials.

[Jamesbo]

Cameo,

I used to know a Delta Pilot who kept two set of wheels and tires on his Fazaz [365 if I remeber correctly]. One of show and one for putting it on the trailer to take to a show.

I might also point out he was crazy as a bed bug. He washed is daily driver BEFORE driving into his garage which had a polyurathene covered floor.

True, story I went by his house one day and he was "waxing" his outside a/c unit.

So all ya gotta do is buy another set of 69 H/O wheels and all of your problems will be solved.

In short, I find myself agreeing with Norm

[Cameo White]

Well Jamesbo, if you have a spare set going cheap enough, I guess I could do that. I have seen a few come and go, but even if I could afford them, I don't have a place to keep them. The standard size for a garage in the city here is 20 x 20 feet. You can get a variance and go slightly bigger if it is masonry (25 x 20 feet), but my builder didn't bother. For perspective, my whole lot is only 25 x 125 feet, the standard size for most of Chicago. Makes keeping cars in the city kind of challenging.

[69ho aurora]

In my case, I actually do have spares. Still have the radials on the original set, the bias-plys on a second set on the car, and an old pair of M&H slicks on another extra pair. I'm just too lazy to swap them around. The ones not in use are up in the rafters in the garage.

While these rims have never been easy to find, I guess having started 30 years ago made it a bit easier to come up with the extras. I found a full set on a 67 GTO and talked the owner out of them .

[Jamesbo]

Here's what mine came with. snow tires