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White letters tire Thursday
What shoes does your Pontiac wear, seems like the most popular tires I see at shows and cruises are the BF GOODRICH TAs brand, I prefer a stock factory look, even though they drive like crap, the Judges love them, and often comment they rarely see them. unfortunately, no one makes the Firestone Wide Ovals in a radial.
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"BIG DADDY" VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnFIVLuwO9A ~MaryAnn~ AKA "Stickybuns" 1969 Firebird 400 Convertible 1978 Bandit T/A Tribute 1977 RED TA I'm the FiredUp PY bad girl |
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At the time was only tires I could find in town. I like em!
Shawn
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Shawn actually that’s what I have on BURT. Firebird......FIREHAWKS? the car came with them, and look good, but I have no idea how long they’ve been on the car, so I want to replace them with the same, do they still make these?
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"BIG DADDY" VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnFIVLuwO9A ~MaryAnn~ AKA "Stickybuns" 1969 Firebird 400 Convertible 1978 Bandit T/A Tribute 1977 RED TA I'm the FiredUp PY bad girl |
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Really? When? Like yesterday? We checked last Spring and they said no.
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"BIG DADDY" VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnFIVLuwO9A ~MaryAnn~ AKA "Stickybuns" 1969 Firebird 400 Convertible 1978 Bandit T/A Tribute 1977 RED TA I'm the FiredUp PY bad girl |
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MA,
Stuart posted a link to them in the reply above Gordon's.
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MA check with Russell Small he's the guy for reproduction tires maybe some Polysteel Radials for that T/A
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I like the look and wording on the FIREHAWKs since it is a Firebird with a big bird on the hood and a Hawk is a big bird.
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"BIG DADDY" VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnFIVLuwO9A ~MaryAnn~ AKA "Stickybuns" 1969 Firebird 400 Convertible 1978 Bandit T/A Tribute 1977 RED TA I'm the FiredUp PY bad girl |
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I like Radial TA's for the look. The ride, not so much. I need rear tires and I am considering a different brand. If I go that route I'll go blackwall all around since, in my humble opinion, white letters need to match and the fronts are also TA's, though somewhat newer.
But....do I want the blackwall look on a late 60's muscle car with Cragar S/S wheels?
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Luv my Firehawks too. But my sizes are discontinued. 255x60's on the TA. 215x65x15 on the front of the 65. And MT 255x60 on the back. I don't think the black walls look too bad with the bright Prostars. Just gotta talk yourself into it.
MA, check the date code on the front or back of the tire.
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Blackwalls will work. White letter tires were popular back then, but not everyone had them.
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It was too bad, since I think they were the best riding and handling raised white letter tires I ever had.
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A better one of BURTS shoes.
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"BIG DADDY" VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnFIVLuwO9A ~MaryAnn~ AKA "Stickybuns" 1969 Firebird 400 Convertible 1978 Bandit T/A Tribute 1977 RED TA I'm the FiredUp PY bad girl |
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Yes that’s why I want to replace them, not sure how long they have been on this car. I bought this car, from a well known guy who sells TAs in Michigan. He didn’t know how long the tires were on it.
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"BIG DADDY" VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnFIVLuwO9A ~MaryAnn~ AKA "Stickybuns" 1969 Firebird 400 Convertible 1978 Bandit T/A Tribute 1977 RED TA I'm the FiredUp PY bad girl |
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On the way to a friends shop.
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The original Firehawks were awsome , I worked for Firestone when they only said Firehawk on them . Why they added Indy 500 , who knows - cheesy .
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I just put a set of the raised white letter Firestone Wide Ovals radials on my 70 Chevelle SS this week. Incredible looks, ride and handling.....light years
better than the original bias plies I had on the car and they look correct. I'm going to put some on my GTO very soon. |
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Current Pontiacs - 1973 Formula SD455 - #'s auto orig paint 1972 Trans Am - 4 speed orig paint 1974 Formula 400 - Ram Air automatic 1966 2+2 convertible - 421 4bbl automatic 1967 Grand Prix - 4 speed orig paint 1967 GTO - 4 speed orig paint 35k orig miles |
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Before the Indy 500's, they said Firestone and Firehawk SS20 on them. I didn't particularly like the change to putting Indy 500 on them, but they were still a good tire, so I put up with it .
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