Tire reviews

Russ/40 said:
How about the cheep Lucas bias plys from Vietnam? $99 Any feedback on those? Surely someone has run them.
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I too bought a set of five last year.

My old tires were early 60's vintage Riverside.

I noticed the Lucas ride better but you can feel that the sidewalls are a little more flexible..

To be expected when compared to 45 year old tires.

I balanced them on the truck.

Three took over an ounce to balance and one took only 1/4 oz...

800 miles so far......
 
As opposed to how long they should last ....... but ..... as far as "road handling and softness in ride on back roads" ...... has anyone had any experiences to share after trying the Black-wall Coker Excelsior 475/500 - 19, "Nylon" Tires @ $142.00 ................... vs. ............... the Black-wall Coker 550/19 Exlessior Stahl Sport "Radial" Tires @ $271.00 ....... about $516.00 difference for a set of four (4).
 
Has anyone tried a larger tire on the rear with a stock 19" wheel. I see Lester's offers some.
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TomballMottershaw said:
I really like my $99 Lucus tires I just drive for fun, but they are nice run quite and are round.
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I like mine too! But only have about 50 miles on the so far. What impressed me was their service. I ordered on line, had instant conformation of my purchase via email. A couple hours later I had a shipping notice, and they were on my doorstep 2.5 days later. Even got to use paypal for the purchase. Time will tell how they hold up, but anything would be better that the cracked "disaster waiting to happen" that were on it when I bought it.
 

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Have had Lucas tires on my wife's Model T for 6 years and on my A for 2 years with no problems at all. They look good and seem to be wearing fine
 
Tom Wesenberg said:
We had a tire store owner give a presentation at our club meeting a couple months ago. He brought in a 19" Goodyear radial and a 21" Firestone bias, and I was very impressed with both. Two of my A's use the 21" so that's the one I was most interested in. The 21" Firestone had a very heavy sidewall and good tread depth. I'd like to have a set for my A when the present tires wear out.
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Tom,
If you have Garfields on the phaeton they may never wear out... they wear like iron but drive horrible. I'm sure you will like either new tire and feel like you have a new car when you get them.

Larry
 
Years ago I bought a new set of 21" Insa tires when they were cheap, but I still haven't installed them. I also bought a set of 5 new 19" Goodyear whitewalls all mounted with zero miles because the car was being rodded. Those will go on my 31 T/S someday when I get it out of storage.
 
H L Chauvin: I have the 5.50/19 R Excelsior Stahl Black tires. What made me pick them over the 5.00/19R's was that the 5.50 tires have the same mounted and inflated diameter as my Firestone 4.75-5.00/19's. This makes them the same size so I use a very good Firestone as my spare. At the price of the Radials, I did not want to buy 5 tires. I know that it's not good to mix Radial and bias, but at least I have the same size tire. Not one smaller if I have to use the spare to get me to shop. I am very pleased with the ride and steerability. The 5.00 Radials were of a slightly different diameter.
 
I must be the only one using BFG's , not a fan of firestone long story. And had problems with modern goodyears coming apart. BFG's where less $$ than F or G's and larger dia !
 
I'm with Art. I have Goodyears on the car now and were on the car when I got them. They have cracks all over the side wall.

Big Hammer I don't guess I've seen any BFGs offered on the usual hunting grounds.

Has anyone run a 650 on the rear with a stock 19" wheel. From the tire site it appears to add about 3" OD and about 2" with the width. I don't imagine there would be any clearance issues.

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got the Lucas, Nam tires ; so far so good @ 100 miles. Have to check tire pressure every so often, however, which may be due to lack of use. Valve stems appear to be fine.
 
I made a quick tally of the tire reviews. If someone said something good about a tire I gave 1 tally. If someone said something bad about a tire I subtracted a tally. Here are my quick results. I am more than happy to update as more info comes in. Thanks everyone.
Lucas: 5
Goodyear: 3
Lesters: 2
Excelsiors: 2
BFG: 1
Firestone: 0

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I have Firestone on both of my rigs and am satisfied with them for the driving I do. I only run them mainly in the local area and do not take long drives. Have had them a couple of years.
 
I have the 21" Universal tires on my 29 pick up, and got 10,000 miles out of them so far. But I had over inflated them with 38 p.s.i. and the are worn in the middle. probably could have gotten another 5,000 out of them with proper inflation.

Firestone tires on my 31 town sedan and 30 roadster with great results. I got about 18,000 on the roadster before they were replaced.
 
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