Re: Tires for a 1939 Sedan 6-cyl

Posted by West Peterson On 2015/4/17 14:37:14

Interesting and well thought out response, Pat.
Let me just add that I have done a drive test with almost identical prewar cars both with rebuilt front ends, one using radials and one using bias ply. There was little or no difference in the way the radial tire felt over the bias ply.

Furthermore, radial tires can be MORE dangerous than bias ply tires for the mere fact that many people will be unwilling to replace their radial tires every 5 years after only driving 5-10,000 miles.

For that reason alone, I feel bias ply tires (on prewar cars) are safer and less expensive.