Someone with a spec book could look this up. It seems to my old
rememberer that "Letter" designations for tire size didn't come about
till a little later. The original would probably have been something
like a 7.50 X 15 or 8.25 X 15 bias ply.
I also remember that cars of that ere had naturally sloppy steering by
todays standards. Steering was somewhat of a suggestion as to where the
car should go.
4 - Toes
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:36:56 +0100 "Ray / The Old Crocs"
<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Co-incidence re: Guy Lombardo's tyres
>
> I've just bought an immaculate 1950 Imperial DeLuxe Sedan which has
> spent many of its years in storage. On driving it I found it to be
> vague on the steering - rather like having far too much pressure or
> running on skinny little tyres. I checked the pressures which
> seemed OK
> ( 28lbs ). The tyres are wide white walls marked as follows:
>
> DELTA 784 GODFATHER - L7 8 15 - Polyester 4 ply 3701/489 - max
> pressure 32 psi - max load 1970 lbs
>
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