[Chrysler300] Vintage Tires in Court

[Rich Barber <barber@xxxxxxxxx>]

While shopping for 8.00-15;  3" bias-ply WWW's for my 1955 C-300, I ran 
across a site that might be interesting to those of you with needs, 
curiousity or concerns over vintage tires.  For a legal document, it 
reads pretty clearly and explains a lot about the market situation with 
vintage tires.  See: http://lw.bna.com/lw/19980421/9556706.htm   It is 
probably not the end of that story and lawsuit as the end result was to 
remand the case to a lower court for further action.

BTW, I found that Lucas Automotive in Long Beach (800-952-4333)  (and 
Springfield, Ohio-800-735-0166) is a dealer for General Dual Ninetys in 
8.00-15,  3" WWW, 4-ply polyester tubeless and act as a distributor for 
Kelsey Tire.  Lucas does not have a website, but confirmed the Generals 
would be available in Mid-October at $110/pop.  Kelsey does not show 
this tire at their website, but e-mailed me the information.  See:  
http://www.kelseytire.com/

Coker offers their own branded tire in the same configuration for $122 
at:  
http://www.coker.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=16166&cat=&page=1

Interestingly enough, I also found out that Goodyear is producing 
vintage Blue Streaks in 8.00-15, but they are now racing tires designed 
for 10" wide rims.

I don't mean to pull scabs off of old history and start a rant on tires, 
just thought some of you might find this information of interest.  My 
C-300 now rides on a 15-year old set of Remington L78-15's with 3" 
WWW's, 15 years old and 400 miles on them.  They look great on my 
recently-acquired wire wheels, but any new "proper" tires will go back 
on the stamped steel original wheels (that the car was originally 
equipped with) after I have them stripped, inspected and painted or 
powder-coated.  I do need one wheel cover center for that set if anyone 
has one they would part with.

Rich Barber
Brentwood 94513
C-300




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