Re: Getting new tires on a 34
Posted by Dave Kenney On 2008/8/17 13:21:40
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PackardTwelve fan wrote,
Some years ago, I finally gave up and went to radials. It was amazing. I remember how Packards drove during the "bias" tire era. They steered straight, did not "hunt", and I sure as heck drove my Packards fast . SOMETHING is wrong with today's bias "repro" tires."
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I have had the same experience. I owned cars during the bias ply era and pre moving radar era consistently drove 80 and on occasion over 100mph for long distances in a 413 CID 62 Chrysler New Yorker, a 1968 Firebird 350 HO and a 1969 Plymouth with a 440CID engine and the tires seemed to work just fine. My 1947 Packard on the other hand wandered and tracked on every tar strip at anything over 50mph until I installed radial tires. What an amazing difference! I take this car on quite long distance trips of 250-500 miles each summer on busy highways so radials are the safest was to go.
On the other hand if I was just going to use the car for show or short trips at 50mph or less I would probably go back to reproduction bias ply tires for authenticity.
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