New tires aren't really new

[GRB]

That's fairly typical for ABC news. Sensationalism personified. Remember the Chev. pick up they rigged with an explosive to make the gas tank issue a national emergency? Don't believe everything you see. The real cause of those tire failures (like the Bronco attorney compensation boondoggle) is unknown.

Major tire mfgs.. including Michelin will keep a tire in a warehouse for 7 years before it is usually sold to dealer who is willing to buy the entire lot.

A tire stored outside, exposed to the elements for 7 years probably would be to some degree dangerous.

The burn out explosions are an example of why some of us argued last year that the ZR1 burnouts were idiotic.

YMMV

[RichSchmidt]

Yeah Tommy many of our restorations have tires over 20 years old on them.Since the running average to retore or build a hot rod is about 10 years{mine take over 20 years to complete}and the first thing many people buy is shiny new tire and rims to roll the old hulk around,lots of them have old tires.

As for that burnout contst,lets fae it,the car was doing a one wheel burnout,so if the spedometer as reading 120mph,the tire as going 240 mph while burning out.Thats why it failed.Tire explosion even with the best tires is common in snowy states where drivers typicaly put the pedal to the floor and drive their way out of a snow bank even if it means racing the motor for so long the ngine overheats.

As for NOS tires,if you are going thru all that effort,chances are you are not going to drive the car anyway.I would think that guys who do that are tryng to pass of a restored car as an "original right down to the air in the tires" survivor.Having dry rot cracks in the sides of the tires just adds to he patina of a bionafide old car that has been sitting untouched by human hands fo ove 40 years.

[Tommy]

I have some skinnies on my Nova that are probably several decades old... I buy NOS retreads from a local tire store for roll arounds because they are cheap and they look really cool. I can get red line tires for 15 bucks all day... I was down there yesterday getting a pair of G70's and I would say they probably have a couple thousand retreads on hand that have been in the warehouse since they stopped recapping in the early 80's (at this location). As far as the video, I was just passing on the information. I take it all in and try to make sense of it. The news dudes and news babes all know how to put a spin on something.. I recently ate green beans that were in a dented can.... I am still alive . No botulism so far


Tommy