I haven't used them but I planned on going with a reproduction biasply tire with a 2 1/2" white wall.  I might use Coker but I am not sure, who ever I get them from they do have to be Firestone tires as that is what mine most likely came with from the factory just as a black wall though.

1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan - 292 Y8 - Ford-O-Matic - 155,000 mi

I have a set of Firestone Wide Ovals from Coker on my 1974 Galaxie. They are bias ply, of course, as the car came with bias ply as original equipment.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

I had my local Firestone install my port a walls on my radial tires  a while back.showed them to the guys at the counter... met with puzzled looks.then one of them said, "Hey, check with Blue, he may know what to do"."Blue" was an older black gentleman who took one look and knew exactly what I had... and he installed them.working ever since for me.no much high speed driving, however, so I can't speak to sustained freeway speeds.Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Have Coker Classic wide ww radials with no complaints. They look the closest to bias belts while not being bias belts. Would reccomend.......

1957 Thunderbird 312 Fordomatic

Kansas, I called Diamond Back and talked to them, they were a lot of help in what I was looking for and how I was going to use the car. Give them a call  888-922-1642 they should be able to help you out.

Location:Washington,Ia

sound like the diamond back is the way to go, but which one the ll on the AS4?

I'm on my second set of Diamond Backs and am  very happy with them. The whitwalls stay white and they balance easily. The first set was on the car for (i think 8 years, time got away from me) but had to replace because of  a broken belt and the time factor. Second sets great. All wide white are expensive but Diamond Back would be my vote, they are great people to deal with.
Jim

Location:Washington,Ia

The sidewall flex is what you have to watch for on radials when you have portawalls they can cut in.. If you do any sort of high speed driving , freeways etc it would pay not to use them, if they separate from the wheel they do a hell of a damage to panels when they let go!.



"Came too close to dying to stop living now!"

I drove Coker's on my 'bird for years, and had no complaint. They got old and hard. I've got Diamond Backs on it now, and on another OT car. BFG T/A's on the bird, Nitto's on the other. I feel the more modern design of the carcass and tread is the important point. With carefull measuring you can fit OEM centers to wider rims, with the required offset, and get a little more rubber on the road. Wheelsmith did the rims. Some hard core types complain the "look" of the DB's isn't quite right, but I was willing to give that up for the performance.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

I would be fine with port-walls but I have been told that they don't work well on rad tires / is this just bad info put out by coker ,etc tire builders?