Re: Recommendations for Tires

Posted by 1929PackardGuy On 2022/3/10 13:11:16

Since Corky sold the company, the foreign guy who runs it is killing Coker Tire. I've had a set of Firestone 7.00x20's on backorder since August of 2021 - again, with no restock date even being guessed at.

Lucas doesn't have any tires because they got theirs from Coker, Corky scoured the planet finding the molds for these things and has a giant warehouse full of them - problem is, the new owners aren't interested in making them. Even a lot of common size muscle car tires are out of stock - it's ridiculous.

Personally, I like the Firestones, just personal preference, but do remember, these cars didn't come new with wide whitewalls. Wide whites were generally shunned until 1932-1934, and they were never commonplace throughout the thirties - look at contemporary advertising, photos, and videos on YouTube, you rarely see whitewall tires on anything until after WWII.

Good luck!