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Yeah, that's not fabric showing, that is steel cord with really sharp ends. Imagine several hundred hypodermic needles flailing around, formerly under tension, at supersonic speed.
Pretty much the automotive equivalent of a Claymore Antipersonnel Mine. There are several stories of mid 70's Corvettes having the spare tire F500 inside the well explode and take out the fuel tank and rear quarters while parked in the owners' garage. Last edited by njsteve; 04-03-2024 at 01:22 AM. |
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I’m an original tire and wheel nerd but I’d have to draw the line at ticking time bombs.
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I drove my new 1973 Corvette Boston MA to North Carolina and back without a problem
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I have 9 of them in my garage for 45 years a few of them are mounted .
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I had a 75 Corvette L82 4 speed convertible with 900 original miles that had these tires. I mounted them on the car to take some pictures and parked it overnight since I did not have time to change them out. The next morning I could see that one of them was letting loose. Thankfully there was no damage done. I don't think that I have ever changed out 4 tires faster than I did that morning.
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Corvette nut since I was a kid. 67 435s and L88s are my favorites Last edited by SBR; 04-04-2024 at 02:08 AM. |
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These tires have been in my garage for 47 years as soon as i junk them someone will want them
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That said, I love original tires as much as anyone but there comes a point when it's simply not worth it. I personally would never sell or even give one these tires to anyone. The potential risk of future litigation if God forbid something happens to that person or their property is too great in my opinion.
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Corvette nut since I was a kid. 67 435s and L88s are my favorites Last edited by SBR; 04-05-2024 at 02:29 AM. |
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napa68 (04-05-2024) |
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I guess you could always do this:
https://carlisletyrfil.com/products/...-flatproofing/ and just put them on for the shows. Seems like it would take the explosion risk out of the picture. Maybe even drive short distance (slowly).
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Ralph Spears (04-05-2024) |
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I think the only real way would be to get those reproduction white letter stickers custom made and put them on a new tire. :-) https://www.tirestickers.com/product...caAolkEALw_wcB |
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BCreekDave (04-06-2024) |
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Wikipedia has an article about these tires, it's pretty interesting.
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