Steve, Bob:
And here I was feeling guilty for not having red lines on my
car. Now I am starting to think I may have dodged a bullet or two. FWIW,
I installed Yokohama Avid T4s. I like them, but they don't have that red
line =:-( No squealing either.
BTW, tires can squeal if you have alignment problems. Any chance
that was causing your squealing back in the day?
No wait. The Michelins are as hard as rocks. Never mind. Even my LBC
mechanic said "Only put them on if authenticity is everything, otherwise
get something modern."
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Robert M. Lang
Sent: May 02, 2006 3:33 AM
To: TR6UO@aol.com
Cc: Pimento73@aol.com; wsteinman@pogolaw.com; janah@att.net;
6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Red Line Options
On Tue, 2 May 2006 TR6UO@aol.com wrote:
> Jack,
> I stand corrected. My only references were my Michelin redlines from
Coker
> (new in 2003-coded on the tire) and a statement from Michelin that
Coker owned
> the molds. I wasn't aware until today that Coker also offered another
> redline. Is that the one you said was inferior?
Coker is the cheaper alternative. We leave the determination of
inferiority to the reader.
> I'm no great fan of Michelin, but I do like originality and the way
they
> look on my '72. I'd love to find a current tech tire with the same
redline.
... then your only option is to get a modern tire and get it red lined.
> BTW, my never-mounted original spare is a 1972 Goodyear redline.
Anyone
> have any insights on this?
Fugetaboutit. These have been unavailable for 30 years.
The Goodyear G800's were pretty "soft" and we had to replace them every
12k miles or so "back in the day". My Dad got miffed at this and
installed
Pirelli "Cinturatos" which were rock hard (like the Michelin X) and they
looked brand-new after 40k miles. The only problem was the internal
belts
rusted out and the tires went out of round.
Oh - and they squealed when the car was turning at any speed. Really.
All
the local cops used to yell at me as I drove by at 5 mph "Hey, slow
down!". Ummmm - okay. :-)
> Regards,
>
> Steve
regards,
rml
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