MOROSO WTB DragTire front runner.

[bkhpah]

This is the only pie crust Moroso tire I have ever seen. I am thinking it is the 68/9 era during the Stahl/Moroso split. Any ideas what the "WTB" stands for? This is the only Moroso I have seen that did not have Drag Special on the side...BKH

[Starship]

WTB stands for Wholesale Tire and Battery. It was a Connecticut based tire warehouse with a very racer friendly speed parts division. It supplied many of the local speed shops of the day. I believed they were the "in" for Moroso to get into the drag tire business.

[Starship]

I belive the first Moroso WTBs were manufactured by Armstrong. I've got a set on my '68 L78 Nova which raced from 1968 to 1975 as a Super Stocker and later as a Modified Production car.

[Hawkeye]

This is just a guess, but it could stand for weight bearing. All in relation to the stronger mounting bead. But like I said, strictly a guess. Someone else will probably chime in with the correct interpretation.

Marty

[Salvatore]

hey Sal, we need to see some pictures of your nova especially as a DIV-1 Modified Production car. I bet I have seen it years ago.

[bkhpah]

So your thinking they ceased the pie crust during the 69 time frame??

[Salvatore]

I would say yes or very close. I have a 1970 Honest Charley Catalog with the new design Moroso in it.

[bkhpah]

Great info...