Re: 1973 SD Trans Am with 1774 miles
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SmallHurst</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Radials were already being used in Europe, but the heavier cars in America put strains on the tires that were not seen over the ocean. I will ask my friend again, but I believe that the tires were Michelins.
A friend of mine once worked for Firestone. He said that at one point, " if it had 2 holes and it was black, it shipped!!" </div></div>
I talked with my friend today about the radials on his Ram Rod W-31 in 1968. He said that they were Goodyears. These tires were available as an option on Cutlasses but not on 442's. They had like a 3/8" white pinstripe on them. He received a recall letter on them the next spring and put a set of G70-14 Polyglas redstripes on it. He said that he has pictures hidden away.
He was an engineer on the line at Lansing in final. He said that alignment to get the radials on the cars was all over the map.
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