Check your tire dates!!

[SuperNovaSS]

Whew! Dodged that bullet. I have a 62 Caddy convertible I am getting ready to sell. It had been in storage a long time and I’ve been putting a good bit of miles on it. I took it out today to take pictures to list it for sale and it started pulling hard to the right and vibrating pretty heavily. I too stopped checking for a loose wheel and found nothing. Made it home and found a bulging side wall on the passenger front and this separating tread on the drivers front. I have put a lot of mileage on old tires in the past but I’m second guessing that now. Needless to say, new shoes are on the way prior to the sale.

Jason

[Formula455SD]

Originally Posted by SuperNovaSS

Whew! Dodged that bullet. I have a 62 Caddy convertible I am getting ready to sell. It had been in storage a long time and I’ve been putting a good bit of miles on it. I took it out today to take pictures to list it for sale and it started pulling hard to the right and vibrating pretty heavily. I too stopped checking for a loose wheel and found nothing. Made it home and found a bulging side wall on the passenger front and this separating tread on the drivers front. I have put a lot of mileage on old tires in the past but I’m second guessing that now. Needless to say, new shoes are on the way prior to the sale.

Jason

Those Goodyears are probably 40 years old.

[SuperNovaSS]

Originally Posted by Formula455SD

Those Goodyears are probably 40 years old.

I bet you are right. I should check the dates on them. The car came out of an estate and was last registered in early 2000’s and wasn’t driven much then.


Jason