Tiger Paw Tire

[Mr70]

These were available on a few Cars back then.
The 1969-70 Chevelle SS being one of them.
Uh Oh..look who's bidding,this is going to be interesting..
There goes my Tax refund!

[GM-26]

Bring it home Steve!!

[Steve Shauger]

There is a small difference between 1969 and 1970. I believe in 1969 they had raised lettering which read NYLON/RAYON and 1970 NYLON/FIBERGLASS. Also these tires were made in a couple of plants including Canada. I don't believe any cars were originally built with "Made in Canada" tires. Not positive on the last point, but that is my understanding.

[Mr70]

I to believe Rayon was 69 & Fiberglass was 70.

The Canada tires is something I wish I could here more about.I heard the same,but no solid proof.Can anyone add more info.?

[mrrec]

I agree, Rick. And it is no small difference. The 69 Tiger Paw tires were NOT fiberglass belted - nor were any other RWL brands THAT WERE INSTALLED ON 69 Chevelle, Nova, Camaro. The exception, according to CRG, is one (only)ZL1 that received belted tires (Goodyear Polyglas). It is very likely, NO other 69 Camaro, Chevelle or Nova received belted RWL tires. White stripe or red stripe belted, yes. RWL - any brand - NO. Look at your Chev. order sheets.

If you have a build sheet or other factory doc that specifically calls out belted RWL (in one form or another) for a 69 Chevelle, Nova or Camaro, please prove me wrong.

This eBay Tiger Paw appears to be a real, non-belted 69 tire. Of course, this tire has never been reproduced. I think it will take a couple of repro set $$ to buy it.

All those nice COPOs, etc. with RWL Polyglas are incorrect, I believe, until someone can prove their use. Until then, I'm confident the ONLY correct repro RWL tire for these cars is the Goodyear Wide Tread.

A "judge" I talked with at B-J said they accept the Polyglas RWL (without the size in RWL) as correct. Too bad.

Can you tell this bugs me? People see a restored, nice car, assume it is correct, and emulate it. The Polyglas has snowballed. Hail to an NOS Tiger Paw!

Dave

[William]

"If you have a build sheet or other factory doc that specifically calls out belted RWL (in one form or another) for a 69 Chevelle, Nova or Camaro, please prove me wrong."

I have a ws copy for COPO N693864 showing:
5PL4AD F70X14 FG BELTED WH LET TIRES

[Mr. T]

Now another Yenko.net member is the high bidder at $326.80 for the Tiger Paw. The next 3 days might be real interesting.

[Jeff Murphy]

[ QUOTE ]
"If you have a build sheet or other factory doc that specifically calls out belted RWL (in one form or another) for a 69 Chevelle, Nova or Camaro, please prove me wrong."

I have a ws copy for COPO N693864 showing:
5PL4AD F70X14 FG BELTED WH LET TIRES

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I have the same for COPO N661189:

5PL4JD F70X14 FG BELTED WH LET TIRES

So what would the right FG Beleted RWL tire application be for a the above two cars? Polyglas? My original owner says his car came with Firestones - would they be Wide Oval RWL?

Bill, how's about selling me that Dale emblem you don't need

[mrrec]

This site never ceases to amaze me. Already we seem to have two COPO Camaros built with RWL belted tires. I asked to be proven wrong, and was obliged! I haven't looked up the build dates of these two cars, but I'm guessing they are late model year builds - that would make sense.

I would think the proper tire for these SPECIFIC cars would be Polyglas, Firestone, Uniroyal and perhaps the General. The Polyglas is the only correct repro. The 1969 Firestone Wide Oval had the "Wide Oval" letters much smaller than the 1970 and up version being reproduced.

So the trend here is 1969 RWL belted tires only on the COPO cars. Someone prove a non COPO Camaro, Chevelle or Nova with RWL belteds and we'll blow this theory, too.

Mr. Moderator, can we move this thread to the Tech heading??

Dave

[Steve Shauger]

After looking at my notes these are my findings to date regarding production changes:

1969 Dynacor Rayon(US built) Nylon Rayon (Canadian Built)
1970 Dynacor Rayon Fiberglass
1971+ Dynacor Rayon Polyester Fiberglass

If anyone has more info/different, let me know...