Thread: tire mfg date?
View Single Post
  #8  
Old 08-30-2020, 04:17 PM
bergy's Avatar
bergy bergy is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Pennsylvania, Florida
Posts: 2,803
Thanks: 867
Thanked 1,444 Times in 393 Posts
Default

Looks like this tire was manufactured 8th week of 1979 (thanks Darrell). It can't be 69 because it is a DOT tire. Can't be 89 or later because the manufacturing went off shore in the 80s (this tire says USA mfg). Interesting to note though - the red line on these old tires is quite a bit narrower that then repro red lines - see pictures. Does anyone know if the narrower red stripe is available today?
Attached Images
   
Reply With Quote