Re: Radials or Bias ply????

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/1/21 9:55:26

I orginally chose to put bias-ply collector car tires on my 56 Caribbean. The reason I later switched to radials was due to the short (9000 mile) tread life of the the bias-ply. Having had both on the same car, I can say the handling is perhaps slightly better with the radials in some road conditions but certainly not dramatically so - I always thought the car had excellent road manners even with the bias ply. I picked genuine Good Year Custom Super Cushions as shown below - at the time they were available thru Kelsey Tire though I believe Lucas Tire now offers them as well. Kelsey discounted the price quite significantly due to the short tread life of the bias-ply (Generals, which were OEM on at least some 55/56 Caribbeans) which I had also purchased from him.

If my car was a show car, I'd stick with the bias-ply because the difference in performance was modest, and I wouldn't be driving the car as many miles as I do now.

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