Tire help needed

[L72COPO]

Santa brought me some money so I am going to replace the bias belted red lines on my 66 GTO with a set of red line radials. Does anyone have suggestions pro or con as to brand or source for buying them. Currently I am running 7:75 x 14's on rally 2 rims. Any suggestions as to size that I should run on the new rally one rims. They are 14x6. The conversion charts show 7:775x14 converting to 205/75 or 215/70 or 235/60. I'm looking for enough tire to fill the wheel well without rubbing and one that gives a good ride, not concerned with wear factors. Any help and or comments would be appreciated.

Thanks
Don

[Zedder]

Don, Go with Diamondback red lines and nothing else! They take modern tires and rework the sidewalls to add the stripe etc. I got the Firestone's for my L79 after numerous recommendations from Corvette buddies...maybe Kenny Pascoe can comment on them. I am getting a set for my project Z also...

http://www.dbtires.com/diamondbacks.htm

[kwhizz]

Stay away from the Coker Red lines.........Been there.......

Ken http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[WILMASBOYL78]

We have the Diamondback tires on the 68 yellow car..they are very nice!! expensive though..also have the redline radials from Universal on Karen's 69 Camaro 215/70 x 14..they are a great looking tire, handle well and ride nice..they are from BF goodrich. Either one would do the job..

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[tom406]

A friend has some of the new BFG Silvertown redline radials on his '66 Chevelle, nice tire with a Radial T/A style tread. Coker sells them, perhaps others.

Agree with the no-go on Coker house brand redlines. The tread is clunky, the redline color on the last set I saw seemed off, and I've heard many quality control issues.

Good to hear about Diamondback. I've liked dealing with them in the past. I wonder if they could make a redline or whiteline tire with an early '67 Wide Oval style stripe, you know, big diameter out towards the tread. I still don't know why that isn't reproduced, since all the '67 literature shows cars with that style of stripe.

I like a 215/70/14 on a 6" wheel for midsize cars, to approximate an F70-14 look. 235/60's rarely look right to my eye. 205/70 is a small looking tire, I only use on '65/'66 Mustangs and early Novas, usually with 5" or 5.5" wide rims. I like 225/70/14's (when you can find them) on '68-72 GM A-body cars, especially those with 14x7" rims.