Firestone or Goodyear??

Lucas was mentioned. I did not like the way they handled, and changed back to Goodyear within 2000 miles. They are also a smaller footprint then Goodyear.
 
Lucas also carries the goodyears and firestones. I prefer the looks of goodyears but cant comment on ride.
 
Giver Coker a look as well. Got my Firestones there with free shipping. What ever you do don't pay for shipping. It's pretty expensive.
 
burner31 said:
I'm running "Sears" tires.
Think they were put on in the very early 60's, tread is like new and the tires are in good shape.
The old man stopped working on the car in '63, so the tires are somewhere in that era.
Tires were put on and then the car stored for next 53 years.
I don't think the tires ever saw the road until I bought the car three years ago.
Can you still buy "Sears" tires?
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I really believe running on tires that look good, but are that old is just an accident waiting to happen. I would not do it.
 
burner31 said:
Sure I do, even had it up to 67 mph once, and only once.
Will never do that again.
But they are still good tires, I check them all the time for pressure, cracks, splitting.
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I'd also use them, but keep a close eye for any cracks in the sidewalls or in the tread pattern.

I bought some good looking old used tires at a swap meet once, but they split wide open before I had them inflated to even 20 PSI. :mad:
 
I have had Firestone blackwalls on my "A" since 2002. 16 years later they are still looking good, no cracks and no issues. Same tubes just keep properly inflated. I don't go over 45 mph. I prefer the look of the Goodyear treads, maybe sometime in the future I will get the Goodyears. They were not available for 21" rims in 2002.
 
The Firestones on my car were put on by previous owner (P.O.) about 7 years ago. They are very weather cracked and dry rotted; this is why I began this thread. I will not drive them on the highway.

I began asking about preferences between the two brands because I was told by one well admired parts vendor that the Goodyear brand rode better and proved worthy of their extra cost.

I was hoping to discern comments akin to that statement.
 
I've also been looking and leaning towards Goodyear but I have yet to find free shipping on them whereas I've found Firestone's that ship for free. I'm not planning on letting shipping dictate which tire I get but free would be nice.
 
BillEbob said:
The Firestones on my car were put on by previous owner (P.O.) about 7 years ago. They are very weather cracked and dry rotted; this is why I began this thread. I will not drive them on the highway.

I began asking about preferences between the two brands because I was told by one well admired parts vendor that the Goodyear brand rode better and proved worthy of their extra cost.

I was hoping to discern comments akin to that statement.
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you being out in the dry air doesnt help tire life. do you use tire protectants that prevent dry rot? (not all tire shines are protectants)
 
SeaSlugs said:
you being out in the dry air doesnt help tire life. do you use tire protectants that prevent dry rot? (not all tire shines are protectants)
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I have always used tire treatment on my vintage Mustangs (both sides of the tires!) but as I just purchased the Vicky in November, I had no say in how they were treated by P.O. in Tucson.
 
burner31 said:
I'm running "Sears" tires.
Think they were put on in the very early 60's, tread is like new and the tires are in good shape.
The old man stopped working on the car in '63, so the tires are somewhere in that era.
Tires were put on and then the car stored for next 53 years.
I don't think the tires ever saw the road until I bought the car three years ago.
Can you still buy "Sears" tires?
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The Sears Allstate tires will probably outlast all of us , As long as they are nylon cord . Don't even try an older one with rayon cord , no matter how good the tread looks . .Weather cracks don't mean that much if the tire is nylon cord . If a piece of weather cracked rubber falls off it doesn't mean that a nylon cord ttire will instantly blow out . Nylon cord is very strong. The town sedan that I got in the early 60s had 5.50 X 19 Firestones on the back , one Allstate on the right front and some off brand on the left front . The Firestones were the first to wear slick and blow out . The off brand on the left front was nylon cord with cracks , it eventually slung off a good sizeed piece of tread and I run it for a while until it finally blew out I've still got the Allstate tire and it still has pretty good tread . I've ran the old Allstate tire on several of my model A's over the years . The Allstate has lots of weather cracks now and I finally retired it. I had an old weather cracked nylon cord Acme tire as a spare on the speedster . I got tired of the wise cracks about the road runner and the Acme kit and removed it .
 
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burner31 said:
I'm running "Sears" tires.
Think they were put on in the very early 60's, tread is like new and the tires are in good shape.
The old man stopped working on the car in '63, so the tires are somewhere in that era.
Tires were put on and then the car stored for next 53 years.
I don't think the tires ever saw the road until I bought the car three years ago.
Can you still buy "Sears" tires?
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We have a set of Bedford's that look just like these and they are wearing great. At least 40 years old. Garfield-Sears-Allstate-Bedford had to be made by the same company they all have that ugly zig-zag tread pattern. I wish they'd go bad so I can buy new but I'm too cheap for that.

Ugly tread pattern. You know, the one that looks like Charlie Brown's shirt:):)
 
Jeff/Illinois said:
We have a set of Bedford's that look just like these and they are wearing great. At least 40 years old. Garfield-Sears-Allstate-Bedford had to be made by the same company they all have that ugly zig-zag tread pattern. I wish they'd go bad so I can buy new but I'm too cheap for that.

Ugly tread pattern. You know, the one that looks like Charlie Brown's shirt:):)
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Those tires are made from carbide and solid granite it seems - i cant say ive ever seen a worn one.
 
I have some Allstate (Garfield) tires that were put on my Tudor in 1967.I'm not really afraid of them.A few years ago the car started wiggling a little,and pulled to one side when stopping,I was looking at the brakes and front end,but it turned out to be the 4 pounds of air in the right front tire.Valve core was bad.The tire didn't even look soft.I don't like to go too fast with them as they are hard and ride rough.As for Firestone and Goodyear,I think that's a matter of personal preference.Kind of like Ginger or Maryann.About 15 years ago I put a set of new Firestone WW's on a car for somebody.In less than two years they all had cracks starting where the black and whit meet.A couple of years after that they all had cracks in the grooves of the tread.That car spends it's parked time in a climate controlled building with a bunch of antique furniture.
 
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