M&H RACEMASTER slick decoding needed!!

396L35 · #1 09-23-2006, 03:06 AM

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Those are new repops..I'll give you 50 bucks for them

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They are new repops..I'll give you $100 for them!!!!

Verne_Frantz · #2 09-23-2006, 03:21 AM

Come on guys.................

If these turn out to be the right dates, I already have the perfect car in mind.......

That short person in Chicago can probably guess what it is..............

Verne

**Salvatore** · #3 09-23-2006, 04:52 AM

Vern, I have a 71 catalog that those tires are listed in exactly. 130 and 131 are the compounds. Sam

Verne_Frantz · #4 09-23-2006, 05:18 AM

'71 huh? I was hoping they might have been offered about 8 years earlier.... Does the description describe what that compound was suited for?

I hope someone can DATE these tires.

Sam, I appreciate your input. Thanks for the response.

Verne

**Salvatore** · #5 09-23-2006, 06:59 AM

Yes, 130 was for "MOVE POWER" effective for most track conditions. 131 was for "EXTREMELY" poor traction strips. The 71 catalog listing does not mean they were not available earlier.

Verne_Frantz · #6 09-25-2006, 02:05 AM

Thanks Sam,
I wish someone could date them from the mold numbers. The faded shipping labels have zip codes on them, so I guess that dates them at least as 63+ (I think '63 was when they started that)

I did look in an Honest Charley catalog I have form 65 1/2. M&Hs are listed but these are not.

Anyway, they're still as soft and supple as new. Always stored in a cool dark place. I'm not fishing for a buyer because I had no intention of selling them, but I heard from someone I know who is looking for a pair like these for a very special car, but I have no idea what they're worth. (maybe $300.??)

I know a lot of early ones had sizes like 8.50-9.00, or 8.75-9.25, etc, so I wonder if the 7.0/30.5-15 is an earlier or later labelling technique? (I'm guessing later. I think the diameters became important later)

Anyway, thanks. Sure wish I could date them.

Verne

Jeff Murphy · #7 10-06-2006, 09:07 PM

Again not a date, but they aren't in a 69 Midwest Auto Specialities catalog. The tire sizes are still in the 900/15 style and they show Super Stock tires with compounds of XS11/12/14 or Stock Drag tires with two visible grooves and compounds 140/150/160.

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