Firestone steel radial 500 Corvette tires 1973 -77

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Originally Posted by fortim

I was working at Firestone during the early part of the recall; from personal experience these tires were dangerous. I saw way too many blowouts and tread separation, terrifying stuff.
As part of the recall, Firestone pulled them off the road and the serial numbers had to be cut out of every tire. Personally, I wouldn't use original 500 tires on my cars.

Did the Firestone Wide Ovals have the same issue? I have 5 never mounted, NOS F70 15 with, I think, 72-73 dates.