Original Goodyear Poly glas tires

[sixtiesmuscle]

Thanks Bill. I guess that ,once again, blows the absolutes that people look for with this stuff. Thanks goodness I was only half way through dismounting all my polyglas. LOL

[Supercar_Kid]

If there were 70,000+ Camaros running around in 1969 that could have potentially had polyglas tires, how come no one can seem to produce photo evidence of one wearing them prior to 1970?

[Stefano]

Most of the factory promo materials were of course early production vehicles, which may explain the lack of published photos with the PGs

[Keith Tedford]

Our COPO Chevelle came with the PL5 option tires and they were the white lettered Uniroyals. I still have the original spare.

[Supercar_Kid]

I'm not talking PR photos, I'd be happy with a vintage snapshot taken in some proud new owner's driveway, at the dragstrip, dealership, in the showroom, on the backlot, anywhere. If polyglas tires were installed on all these Camaros in '69...someone oughta have a picture of at least one of 'em wouldn't ya say?

[Belair62]

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someone oughta have a picture of at least one of 'em wouldn't ya say?

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Maybe none of those 70,000 have registered yet
I'm putting wide whites on all my crap

[GaryH]

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Gary, the Vette guys say the Polyglas is wrong for ANY Vette through 72. You need Wide Teads to be correct. But if you must have Polyglas, and you don't want repros, I have a set of original 1972 (I think) dated F70-15 Polyglas that are very good to mint.
That's enough, I'm tired (couldn't resist).
Dave

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I was looking for a set of these for a friends car, Dave. I'll pass the info about your tires along and if he is interested I'll let you know. I just spent the last few hours cleaning and installing the white stripe Goodyear Wide Treads that were included with the car when I bought it. After a quick road test of these ill handling beasts I think I'll be in the market for a nice set of 60 series radials . I can appreciate originality and will toss the Wide Treads on if I have it judged.

[Kurt S]

I know of at least 6 cars built with PL4 tires, all later cars, starting end of May / June timeframe.

How many pics have we seen of original cars with the original tires? No surprise that you wouldn't find pics of a late production subset of that........
No published production totals on PL4. But they were the most expensive tire option available in 69.

[mrrec]

I'm not sure if William is taking a swipe at me or not. Regardless, I learn everyday how much I DON'T know. That is part of the quest for knowledge and how we ALL learn. I overlooked the April price sheet revision.

No doubt there are more than the couple of cars with build sheets out there with belted RWL, but because of the lack of documentation (photos, etc.), the late date of the option being available and it's cost, I'll stick to my opinion of GENERALLY, belted RWLs are incorrect for MOST 69 Chevelles and Camaros. Certainly incorrect for any with builds prior to May, right William?

Dave

[camarojoe]

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I know of at least 6 cars built with PL4 tires, all later cars, starting end of May / June timeframe.

How many pics have we seen of original cars with the original tires? No surprise that you wouldn't find pics of a late production subset of that........
No published production totals on PL4. But they were the most expensive tire option available in 69.

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PL4 doen't mean Polyglas though, just means white lettered belted tires, which could be Uniroyals or Firestones. And yes, its surprising to me that no one has ever seen or found a single photograph or solid evidence of a 69 camaro with original polyglas tires on it when they were supposedly available from April until the end of production. I think there are plenty of pics out there of original cars with original tires...just none with Polyglases. I still don't believe there was ever a Goodyear polyglas used on a camaro in 69.