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Originally Posted by GotGrunt
When I bought my current Chevelle, it had some ancient BFG radial T/As on the rear, dated 1982. They had a completely different tread pattern than the current ones. The fronts were newer but still old @ 2007. The first thing I did was replace the tires.
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My friend still had those on his 69 Camaro until this spring. many 100mph runs with them, and I mean currently. Ive been telling him for 10 years to get rid of them.
I do believe the older tire compounds are better than any we have now, which have prevented some failures on older tires like these.