Funny this subject is coming up.
Just stopped by a car cover company and got to talking with a kid who owns a 56 Chevy Bel Air. He had a brand-new set of wide whites on his car that looked fantastic but they looked exactly like bias-ply tires. I put it to him: "why in the world would you opt for bias when the handling is so terrible?"
He says "but NO. These ARE NOT bias ply! These are radial tires with a bias ply look!" I honestly didn't really believe him, but the more he talked about them, the more I became interested.
On further research, he's absolutely right: they're Coker American Classic tires that are truly a radial tire with the Bias-Ply look. The tire has got the tall, narrow profile of a bias-ply tire along with the pie-crust edge, etc.
He said he loves them: they feel like driving his car with power steering, but they handle great.
I plan on purchasing a set of these for my 2255. They are pricey though! Diamondback supposedly has them too, but I'm not seeing that they're fully available on the dbtires.com site.
Check out the links:
https://www.cokertire.com/american-classic-bias-profile-radials.htmlhttp://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/newproducts/coker-tire-unveils-american-classic-steel-belted-radials-bias-ply-looksThis Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=155267