Re: radial tires on antique wheels

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2013/5/28 9:12:18

I've read or heard of a number of instances over the years of rims fatiguing or splitting with radial tires. Whether the tires were the cause or not is uncertain, but in most every case the rims were on more lightly-built cars of the 50s, Studebaker and Chevrolet come to mind as those mentioned.