What's with Radial TA's?

[StealthBird]

BFG Radial T/A'sere cheap in the late 70's-late 80's, and they wore like iron. When the public rediscovered Musclecars around 1983-1985, most Musclecars that were featured in magazines and books were wearing BFG Radial T/A's. There weren't too many alternatives back then for a white-lettered radial tire similar to the old 60's-70's style lettering. Goodyear stopped producing bias-ply small white letters, and went to those giant blocky white outline versions, very popular in the day. Their "high performance" radials were Wingfoots, with a thin white stripe, or those giant blocky white outline (or blackwall) Eagles. Firestone had their S/S Radial white letter tires, but that lettering was HUGE, and detracted from the car in my opinion.

The only alternative was the BFG Radial T/A, and they were very good tires. They rode great, wore like steel, but were slippery in a straight line. I think around 1983 or so, due to public demand, Goodyear began making Eagle ST radials, with small white letters and that "eagle head" logo.

By the way, Coker is now selling the old BFG Radial T/A, and yes, they're still cheap! Time for a resto mod, of a 60's Musclecar, the way it looked in the 80's.....

Would that be a retro-resto-mod?

http://store.coker.com/catalog/BFGoo...p-1-c-449.html