I guess it's time for new tires

I hope that you found in your garage parked ! That's a good reason to check older tires. But one thing you got your money's worth
 
The tires on my 29 coupe were put on in 1977 and still look good. The car is stored in a heated garage with no sun exposure.
 
JOHN CT said:
I hope that you found in your garage parked ! That's a good reason to check older tires. But one thing you got your money's worth
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Yup, I was walking past it, and did a double take. I'd probably been driving around for a week or two on it like that...
 
Looks like you did that one just about right. I don't think I'd even go around the block again
On that one.
 
Find your paper work on the tires on the warranty. The tread wear is probably pro-rated and you can get some money back from the dealer! :)
 
Getting 45 years out of a tire could make me settle for the pair of 80% tread goodyears I saw for sale at the recent Portland swap meet for a $100.!
 
decades ago that would have been a choice tire
i just took this one apart to get the beautiful tube out of it
imagine driving on this one with your family inside
i have another one with the tread regrooved
the regroover cut through the cords
 

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I know they say to replace every few years but a careful, visual inspection is a good practice a few times a season.

In 2002 I bought a tudor with Firestone tires on it that were installed around 1973 (Seller restored the car in '73- '74.) I looked these over very carefully each season - no cracks, dry marks or other signs they were more than a couple seasons old! I even dismounted & remounted at least a couple of them that I can recall, again not stiff, etc. - strange. A few years later they were still on the car when we sold it.

A few years ago we also bought a Packard with a 1980s restoration and firestone WWW tires with less than 100 miles on them, nice on the outside BUT cracked heavily on the inside out of sight unless you were under the car. Hurt to replace those but they had to go.

I wonder how well the newest rubber will wear? The roadster has BW Universals on it, an inexpensive tire, but so far so good, we'll see...
 
When I bought my Pickup, it had 20 year old Firestones on it. The tires only had about 1,500 miles on them, the spare had never been on the ground.

The vehicle had been out in the Southern California sun for most of those 20 years before I bought it, therefore, even though the tires had lots of tread, they also had lots of weather cracks in the sidewalls. The spare, however, had been encased in one of the tire covers and was/is still good as new.
 
CarlG said:
When I bought my Pickup, it had 20 year old Firestones on it. The tires only had about 1,500 miles on them, the spare had never been on the ground.

The vehicle had been out in the Southern California sun for most of those 20 years before I bought it, therefore, even though the tires had lots of tread, they also had lots of weather cracks in the sidewalls. The spare, however, had been encased in one of the tire covers and was/is still good as new.
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I personally don't think the spare is good as new. That tire is still more than 20 years old and experienced the same heat. I wouldn't even consider mounting it on the car. Wayne
 
My father has saved worse looking tires in his "I might need this someday" pile.

Ken
 
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