I just bought a near mint example of a Canadian only offered 69 Pontiac Laruentian. While it is not a supercar or really a musclecar (just has a 250hp Chevy 350-Canadian Pontiacs were built on Chevy chassis) I do want to jazz it up with a set of redline tires. At first I was going to buy radial redlines, but I still love the look of bias ply's. I'm looking for opinions on both. The car will see limited driving-no more than say 1000 miles a year and likely only on nice days. How well do repro bias plys hold up? I've heard some horror stories about the repro's having a short tread life. Also, I'm going to run the correct 15" rally wheels that were offered here. They are the same rim as Monte Carlo/Corvette rallys but have a small button cap instead of the Chevy center. What size in a radial and in bias ply should I run? As mentioned earlier, these Pontiac were built on Impala chassis.
Thanks.
Oh-heres a couple of pics. The car was stripped completely to bare steel in 1978 and repainted in lacquer its original color of Mayfair Maize. The paint has held up quite well.
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Todd