Vintage Tire Question

[Lynn]

If you took your 69 Z down to the old Goodyear store for its first set of replacement tires in 71 or 72, this is probably what you would have gotten, assuming you were keeping the factory wheels.

[Mr70]

Think those would've said WIDE TREAD on em if you did.

[SmallHurst]

I will check.

I know that E70-15 Polyglas Blackwall were on '68 Shelby's.

In '69 the Shelby, Boss 302 and 429, and the Hurst/Olds were the first to have the GT designation. The GT designation was used for 60 series tires.

The first use of the RWL tire in an OEM application was the 68 1/2 Cobra Jet Mustang.

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[SmallHurst]

Lynn is right.

Goodyear was advancing the tires down the line. Polyglas was superior to the Widetreads. The only widetreads that were made (for OEM applications) after April of '69 was for the Corvette. Our guess on the reason that the 'Vettes continued with those tires (F70-15 Wide Treads) is that the volumes of suspension tuning data had already been written and the radials were coming up, so why try to rewrite and redo the suspension for 2-3 years?

[Verne_Frantz]

Rusty,
My new '69 RoadRunner came with Goodyear Polyglass RWLs. Great when dry but really dangerous when wet.

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