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my highly biased and I hope inoffensive comment: If you are seriously considering a 41-48 Packard Convertible, the restoration budget can bear the white wall cost or go with blackwalls. Whitewalls were optional, so blackwalls are also authentic. There are fans of both looks.

I had a very carefully installed set of portawalls on a 41 Plymouth years ago - they looked OK so long as you never hit a curb and cleaned them with Blechwite at least once a week. I would not consider them for a Packard.

Yes,Diamondback seems correct option. Is there a link where i can buy buy Diamondback?

Diamond Back Classics, 4753 Highway 90, Conway, South Carolina (SC), USA, 29526, www.dbtires.com, or 1-888-922-1642.

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You can also get Diamond Back Radials through the Mid Atlantic Packards region of PAC at a discount. Contact Dale Mease..email => measey@atlanticcbb.net

I went through them to get a set this spring and have been very pleased with the results.

I got a set of Diamondback radials for my 1950 Packard last year and I am very pleased. They were the only radials I could find with the old profile, original dimensions, old style tread design, and correct whitewall width (3 to choose from). I shopped around a lot and the best price was $1000 for the 4 tires. You can go cheaper but the tires are not correct and radials.

Diamondback wide whitewall which are modern radial tires sounds great. Anyone bought the Coker Tire ?
I guess if you are driving your Packard each day on the road, you need modern tires.

Diamondback wide whitewall which are modern radial tires sounds great. Anyone bought the Coker Tire ?
I guess if you are driving your Packard each day on the road, you need modern tires.
Saw online, Diamond Back MX, and Diamond Back 11 with extra wide whites, $218 each.

Saw this Coker Tire, is it the right type
store.cokertire.com/560-15-coker-classic-2-3-4-whitewall-tire.html?

Also this special offer
store.cokertire.com/coker-classic-mir.pdf

Some have not been happy with Coker tires.

packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb ... ic.php?post_id=61428#forumpost61428

What seems to be the problem with them? they are half the price of Diamonback tires. Is it that Coker don't last as long as the Diamonback tires?

The correct tire size for Packard super eight convertible 1948 is 7,60.15 I looked on all websites and cant see this size. Do i just need to look at 15" and thats it?
i am bit confused with the old sizes. I typed in size 7,60.15 and nothing came up.