Just felt like posting a pic of my original spare. I WISH someone reproduced these Uniroyals.

 

i agree!!

 

that looks pretty sweet Murph...remember the old commercials w Uni, Roy and Al

 

Nice

 

Mike, that hens tooth looks real good in that nice trunk!

 

Thanks guys

 

Posting pics of your spare tire: Me thinks it is going to be a l o n g winter for you?

 

Very nice - a blast from the past...

 

Here's a picture of the original spare tire from my 1966 442. I'm sure it still has 1966 air in it..

 

Awesome! Sadly, mine won't hold air for more than a few days.

 

This one had about 30 psi in it when I bought the car & still has 28 psi & I bought the car back in 2003.

 

Way cool! Looks like new, too!

 

Very cool! I love the old stuff, it's very nostalgic!

 

That is cool!

 

If it still has 1966 air in it then it has "FACTORY AIR"

 

I was surprised to find this in my blue car, it's in the white one now.
I think it is original. Doesn't have a "DOT" stamp anywhere.

 

67 Olds442X2, Your spare looks exactly like mine. My spare was my 1966 442, with 54,000 original miles on the clock.. I never look for a DOT stamp or a tire date.. Now I'll have to take a look at it..

 

I heard if it has a DOT stamp it's not original for a 60's era car. I think sometime during the 70's or so they started putting DOT on tires.

 

Thanks, good information... I'll take a look at it tomorrow...

 

If you originality freaks (I'm including myself) really want to have fun, examine your original spare for paint marks on the tire and a "BB" weld on the wheel. These were used by the factory to match up the tire's low spot with the wheel's high spot in order to minimize the total amount of run-out and reduce vibration.

The inside sidewall of my original spare has has a small white paint dot and a large, reddish orange radially painted splotch lined up with the BB weld on the wheel.

I realize that by posting this information I just caused 100 ****-rententive Olds owners to grab some paint and a welder to make their car more "original."

 

Mine has paint marks on the tire. I'll have to look for the BB Weld on the wheel..

 

My 71 W-30 still has its original (barely been on the ground) Tiger Paw spare. Over the years I've picked them up one at a time at swap meets, etc. I just need one more really good one and I'll have an almost new set for the car. I must say though, out of the three (Goodyear, Firestone and Uniroyal), the Uniroyal is the "spaghetti" tire of the bunch - meaning more flimsy than the other two.

 

And I am sure you have been advised of the 10 yr. rule when it comes to tires?

 

Here is a picture of the spare

 

Racing with Uniroyals one night at 105 MPH, watched the front tire sidewall blow out from the Dairyqueen line-up with my gal the next. I think I know why they are not in business anymore.

 

Original '67 442 spare.

 

Awesome Kurt!

 

Original 67 442 spare with the markings on it but they don't match with the cars build #s.

 

Not true - Who's car is this? A '67 vintage Firestone F70-14 looks like the tire in post #16. Fiberglass-belted "SUP-R-BELT" Firestones did NOT exist until the '70 model year.

 

Although not the original spare this is off of the first replacement tire set and my original ones were Wide Ovals w/ white stripe. Code dated late 1973 so these were probably put on in '74, I'll have to check my receipts to be sure.

 

Take out, never used spare from a 65 Cyclone. Now in my red car. BFG Silvertown, not used in Oldsmobiles, but was free and is dated to when my car was built.

 

Tha is a damn fine vintage tire!

 

Here's a picture of the white chalk mark that is on my 66 442 original spare tire.
I almost rubbed it off when I put armor on it.

 

The original spare in my now sold '71 Supreme, with what appears to be markings on it, but until this thread, I had no knowledge of them. It is a B.F. Goodrich Silvertown.