Set of Wide White Walls for 50

["Ray / The Old Crocs" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for reply.

Agreed  - my old Consul was a little vague but this Imperial has really
lost the plot. It goes straight until it hits an obstacle  - like a
painted white line - and hten off it goes.  As the tyres warm up it gets
better.

There's no play at all in any of the ball joints or in the box






 



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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
>