[FWDLK] bias ply tires

Following the debate about coker radial look-alikes and bias ply tires: I am really a big fan of the type of tires that were originally used on the cars - especially on the 57 and up Mopars with the torsion bar suspension. I have tried both radials and bias ply tires and I would newer change back to radials, but there are som preconditions: 1) Old bias ply tires are usually hard and really bad - they want to go down into every hole in the road, so the tires must be new. ( I think one reason why a lot of people are critical of bias ply tires is that the experiance comes from driving with old, hard tires) 2) Tire pressursere must be right, which is much less than in modern tires. I used 22 on my Dodge 57, and 24 in my 55 Chrysler. 3) The front suspension must be good. Bias ply tires seems to be more sensitive to a worn front suspension.

I have verry good experiance with both B.F. Goodrich Silvertown bias ply and Firestone. Only negative thing compared to radials is that you have to take it a little slower around corners. But they look much better than the look alikes both from the side and from the top, and the car gets the correct height an looks much better to. With radials my 57 Dodge loolked like the rear springs had to be changed. It looked much to low in the rear. When I put the coorect tires on, everthing looked right.