Just reminded me of a funny one. (Or is it sad?)
Was talking to a local tire dealer about bias ply versus radials.
He got sort of white faced and swore it was unsafe to ever drive one of the
bias over 40 for fear it would blow out! I swear he was serious about it!
Sort of lost my faith in him!
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Dupont <DupontTim@xxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 11:57 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] Radials or Bias
>Salutations Members, I think that some Forward Lookers are giving Bias
tires
>a bad rap. I was initially using Radials on my 56 Dodge and after much
>deliberation I decided to try a set of Bias Wide Whites for the nostalgic
>look. I couldn't be more happy with a set of tires. They are on par with
>respect to drivability in all regards. Therefore its my opinion that the
Bias
>tires not be ruled out for your FL car, after all they are proper and
correct
>in terms of original appearance. My tire man would mount and allow a short
>test drive without obligation (he may be a rarity), maybe this option could
>be explored next time you are changing out rubber? Old timers I have talked
>to (One guy in particular has been mounting tires since before WWII) say
that
>it runs both ways and the type of tires your old car handles best with may
go
>either way, and there most assuredly are a lot of factors that go into this
>equation. Its as clear as mud to me. Tim
>
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