Uniroyal Coding

[Keith Tedford]

I have a Uniroyal tire with the code UUA613 moulded into it. Is there a date code in this?

[Bill Pritchard]

Probably so. I have a pair of Uniroyal Tiger Paws that originally came on a 68 Camaro that have a six digit alpha-numeric code impressed in the sidewall. I sent an email to Michelin (who now owns Uniroyal) to inquire about that code and they replied to me that it meant they were manufactured in August 1967.

[Keith Tedford]

Thanks Bill.

[Keith Tedford]

I e-mailed Michelin and got this automated list of phone numbers. A further e-mail with information is forth coming.

In the US
Michelin 1-800-642-4354
BFGoodrich Tires 1-800-521-9796
Uniroyal 1-877-458-5878

In Canada
Michelin 1- 888-871-4444
BFGoodrich Tires 1- 888-871-6666
Uniroyal 1- 888-871-7777

In Mexico
Michelin 1- 800-487-0427
BFGoodrich Tires 1- 877-788-8899
Uniroyal 1- 877-864-7692

[1969L78Nova]

[ QUOTE ]
I e-mailed Michelin and got this automated list of phone numbers. A further e-mail with information is forth coming.

In the US
Michelin 1-800-642-4354
BFGoodrich Tires 1-800-521-9796
Uniroyal 1-877-458-5878

In Canada
Michelin 1- 888-871-4444
BFGoodrich Tires 1- 888-871-6666
Uniroyal 1- 888-871-7777

In Mexico
Michelin 1- 800-487-0427
BFGoodrich Tires 1- 877-788-8899
Uniroyal 1- 877-864-7692

[/ QUOTE ]

This is the response I got back when I sent them an email concering the E70-14 Uniroyal Tiger Paw with date code GA8491 in the trunk of my 69 Nova....I double checked the engraved number and its very clear. My guess is they have no records going back to 69. The information below is easily available on the internet

"""""Thank you for your email. We welcome the opportunity to serve you.

The information in which you have given does not appear to be the DOT number which indicates the week and year the tire was manufactured.

All tires sold in the United States are required to meet the standards established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Compliance is indicated by the DOT symbol imprinted on the tire's sidewall. Next to the DOT symbol is a code representing the manufacturing plant, the tire size, certain optional information, and the date of manufacture. In a 4 digit code the first 2 digits indicate the week, while the last 2 numbers refer to the year. (For example 4809 means that the tire was produced the 48th week of 2009.) In a 3 digit code the first 2 digits indicate the week, while the last digit represents the year. This designation was used before the year 2000. (For example, 129 means that the tire was produced the 12th week of
1999.) The complete DOT code is required on one sidewall of the tire. A partial DOT code may be seen on the opposite side, however there may be instances where the DOT is only on one sidewall.

It is our goal to ensure that your issue has been resolved or your question answered to your satisfaction. If we can assist you further, please respond to this email or call us at 1-888-871-7777 (toll free) between 8:00AM and 8:00PM Eastern Time Monday through Friday or between 8:30AM and 4:30PM Eastern Time on Saturday.

Thank you,
Evelyn
Uniroyal Tires
Consumer Care Department"""""


Experts please???
Martin

[Bill Pritchard]

Martin,

Sorry to see you were unable to get the info on your tire. Here is the reply I received from Uniroyal, verbatim:

"Mr. Pritchard,

Thank you for your email. We welcome the opportunity to serve you.

Based on the DOT number you provided the tires were made in August, 1967.

It is our goal to ensure that your issue has been resolved or your question answered to your satisfaction. If we can assist you further, please respond to this email or call us at 1-877-458-5878 (toll free) between 8:00AM and 8:00PM Eastern Time Monday through Friday or between 9:00AM and 5:00PM Eastern Time on Saturday.

Ken
Uniroyal Tires
Consumer Care Department"


The code on the sidewall of my tires is one letter, then four numbers, then one letter. They obviously had no problem deciphering that.

[Keith Tedford]

Turns out they have no information on the old alpha-numeric code.

[Keith Tedford]

My e-mail was also signed by a guy named Ken. Same guy?

[1969L78Nova]

The solution lies in these 27 boxes at their Archives:
(From Wikipedia)

[edit] Archival Material
The collection Uniroyal, Inc Records 1917-1990, Eau Claire MSS CB, is housed in the Special Collections and Archives Department at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. The bulk of the records consist of labor contract negotiation and grievance case files, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, photographs, blueprints, and films. The collection documents collective bargaining and labor relations with Local 19 of the United Rubber Workers of America, tire production, reconversion of the plant from ordnance to synthetic rubber production, and modernization after World War II. Additional newsletters, notices, membership lists, by-laws, correspondence, and photographs from 1948 to 1990 document the fundraising, social, and charitable activities of the Royaleers Club, an organization for female salaried employees. Certain basic documentation of the Eau Claire plant's operation is missing; there are no annual reports, personnel files, advertising, or sales department records in the collection. The collection is 33.2 cubic feet, consisting of 80 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes, 7 reels of film (8mm), and photographs.

The Uniroyal Collection, circa 1930-1992, UHC 255, is housed in the Special Collections and Archives Department at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. This collection consists largely of articles from local newspapers regarding the closing of the plant in 1991. Other materials include photographs of employees and the plant, fragments of employee records and wage information, and a small collection of correspondence, photographs, and other writings by Sanford Kruger, Factory Manager in the late 1960s and 1970s. The collection is 1.0 linear foot (1 record carton).

The collection Records, 1933-1991, Eau Claire MSS AA, created by the Uniroyal union of United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of America, Local 19, is housed in the Special Collections and Archives Department at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. The records consist of arbitration case files, minutes of executive board meetings, general meetings, and conferences. Also included are the union’s 1977 constitution and by-laws, a detailed history of the union from 1917-1938, and URCLPWA reports on the rubber industry in 1948 and 1949. The records document the formation and development of the union, the history of collective bargaining and the settlement of grievances at the Eau Claire plant, and labor relations from 1942 to 1943 when the plant was operated as an ordnance factory by U.S. Rubber on behalf of the government. The collection is 10.8 cubic feet (27 archives boxes).

[1969z280]

When I was a kid, I was a tire-buster at Goodyear. We checked dates on tires all of the time to verify warranty claims. The date codes were basically written in reverse. 6/13/70 was 07316 to the best of my recollection. Perhaps Uniroyal did the same thing or something similar.

Sorry, but that's as detailed as this tired old mind can recollect. Ed