Red line radial versus bias ply

[67 Nova Boy]

Take a look at this fine looking tire!

G70-14 Firestone Red line



Dave
67 Nova Boy

[69Tom]

Now you guys have me thinking about getting bias-plys for my Bel Air. I too have always been a bias-ply supporter on vintage cars (think it looks better as well). However, because I wanted blackwalls and I plan on driving it a ton, I didn't think I should bother with the bias. But maybe I should?

Hmmm.....and I think I'd probably go for the G70-15s too....

[1969l78]

When I got my nova it had radials and just did not look right. I bought the cooker bias ply red lines and car looks so much better. Drives a tad diffrent but looks great.

[Nasblu]

I just think radials look out of place on old cars. I dont care if radials ride/drive better. They had bias plys when they were new and thats the only way to go in my book!!!

[SSJunkie68-69]

I run bias ply red lines on my 68 L34 Rag top and they look great and perform better than I expected. Ruts in the road can be a problem but on new asphalt they are great. Don't drive in the rain.

Get a lot of comments on how original they make the car and the red lines compliment the body color of Matador Red~

[TDW]

What it all depends on how bad the roads are. In Michigan, we have some of the worst roads in the Country. I drove the 68 Z28 for a couple of years with Goodyear bias tires. I then tried some BF goodrich radials. The difference was night and day. I now run radials on all my cars.

[XXXGoldL34M20]

When i bought my 1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS6 just this past September the car had the B.F. Goodrich TA Radials.
I took them of in less than a month as i could not stand the look of modern day tires.to me it ruined what the car was all about "originality" so i bought the Goodyear Poly-Glas Tires in a hurry. after i put them on i said to myself "now that's the look i like" The ride is not bad at all. I am like other people here, if a car is nicely restored to original and you put Radials on that car it looks like Crap and i just keep walking to next car. Original tires really sets your car apart from all the other modified cars at a cruise.

[Xplantdad]

Nice Camaro Tom....I think it needs to be a Members ride?

[hvychev]

Driving a muscle car with radials is like ------- with a condom on. You just don't get the full experience! Lewd analogies aside, I drove/raced my 70 LS5 Chevelle for 13,000 with Wide Ovals, my Yenko Deuce for about 2000-3000 miles also with Wide Ovals, and my 70 396 Chevelle for also about 3,000-4000 miles with Goodyear bias plys. NEVER had a problem. The car was engineered to have bias ply tires so that is the way it should be driven. People who say otherwise must not be truly driving the car the way it should be. If you want a nice smooth ride, then drive a Lexus.

[camarojoe]

Zero to Hero! What a difference.