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I agree the ad could have been better, but how often do you think dealers like this actually get a REAL unrestored car?
The ad doesn't reflect the quality of the car for sure... It looks like a typical used car dealer ebay listing!
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Charley, are you sure it's not and E-70-15
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It's an 04C built car. That is before the Polyglas was available.
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didn't Polyglas tires come on big block 69 camaro's.
i know they were 14 inch, but couldn't the 15 inch have been out at that time also. just trying to learn if it was possible |
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That is the common misperception. The Polyglas was a 1970 model year tire. Everybody puts those on their cars because they don't realize that the other, more correct tires are available from Kelsey Tire.
I believe the Goodyear Speedway Widetread was the available Goodyear tire for 1969. There were other makes of tires used as well. Here is a photo of my old Z11 from 1970 with its original Speedway Widetreads on it: ![]() Here's the info from the Kelsey Tire website: http://www.kelseytire.com/pages/preformancetires.html "E70/15 – Speedway Wide Tread RWL Specifically designed and only fitted to the 1968 and 1969 Z28 Camaro. Goodyear answered the call from GM to develop the appropriate tire for this high performance platform. Talk about a Z-handler, this Goodyear Speedway Wide Tread GT did the job. " |
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I can't speak for Camaros specifically but the Goodyear Polyglas tire was available on a number of 1969 model autos both as standard and optional. I worked for Goodyear for a few years during this time period and seemed to recall these tires being available before 1970 as both 78 series as well as the "wide footprint" 70 series which appeared on the higher performance cars.
Scroll down to the notation under 1968 from the Goodyear website..... http://www.goodyear.com/corporate/hi...ry_byyear.html |
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Make sure you all specify RWL when talking about belted (Polyglas) tire lack of availability for 69 model year. Red and white stripe belted tires WERE on the option list (and documented as supplied on cars) for mid 69.
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That is the common misperception. The Polyglas was a 1970 model year tire. Everybody puts those on their cars because they don't realize that the other, more correct tires are available from Kelsey Tire. I believe the Goodyear Speedway Widetread was the available Goodyear tire for 1969. There were other makes of tires used as well. Here is a photo of my old Z11 from 1970 with its original Speedway Widetreads on it: ![]() Here's the info from the Kelsey Tire website: http://www.kelseytire.com/pages/preformancetires.html "E70/15 – Speedway Wide Tread RWL Specifically designed and only fitted to the 1968 and 1969 Z28 Camaro. Goodyear answered the call from GM to develop the appropriate tire for this high performance platform. Talk about a Z-handler, this Goodyear Speedway Wide Tread GT did the job. " [/ QUOTE ] OK, so where are the rest of the pics from this photo shoot, Steve? ![]() BA |
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OK, so where are the rest of the pics from this photo shoot, Steve? ![]() BA [/ QUOTE ] Yeah! Who cares about the car, lets see more of the sweet thing behind the wheel....... ![]()
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