Re: Opinions of radials on late 30's and 40's Packards

Posted by Ozstatman On 2016/9/12 6:51:14

Can't run a comparison between bias and radials because I've only ever had radials. Been running Diamondback 7.00 x 15 radials on my '41 120 Coupe since getting it on the road at the beginning of 2009. Well over 15,000 miles to date and still plenty of tread left. Hard steering for parking, etc but once you're moving easy to steer. Only drawback, from my perspective, is that they ride hard because they are made from Yokohama Toyo light truck cases. They are tubeless and mounted on the stock '41 rims without any problems. Oh, two other "little" drawbacks are because they are wide whitewalls, 1) The whitewalls scuff easily and I hate cleaning them! And 2) The whitewalls have bubbles around their inner edges. No dramas there, just unsightly and I know of a couple of other Diamondback users here who have the same problem.