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To Shawn Radial Tires

2002-07-13T00:24:00.000Z

Shawn: When i put radial tires on my Chevelle last year it was for the better. To show you how much I like the radial tires over bias ply tires. The 53 Packard i am restoring had four brand new Coker bias ply tires on the car. I gave them to friend to put on his car. When the Packard is done I will…

Jul 13, 2002643 views

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· Jul 13, 2002

I "second" '53's comments, with the additional comment that my own '51 thru '53 Packards had standard "drop center" wheels with one piece flange and rim. <P>To my knowledge, it would not have been possible to order a "separate flange and rim" and/or "split rim" type wheel for ANY American car in 1951. <P>So...again...three cheers for Chris's being interested enough to do some research and come up with that RINTEX article. And three "boos" for RINTEX for such utter bovine droppings.......very unfair of them to do that to well-meaning car buffs..lie Chris!<P>Pete Hartmann