Looks like your ridin' on balloons there !



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

I've always liked bias-plys better than radials. To me they also rode better and were quieter. You didn't hear the road noise over the engine. I've never tried bias-plys on a modern car.
I've only tried radials on older cars where they were originally equipped with bias-plys and to me radials were worse in every respect.

~DJ~ AKA "Bleach"
1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan 30K original miles

Talk about resurrecting an old thread!!!
I was reading about them Coker Tires and found way more negative than positive feedback on the poor things. Most problems seem to happen to the Wide White Radial they offer, the one with the Coker brand (not a repop Firestone, or BFG, or anything like that)
That being said, I always loved the looks of the Firestone Wide Ovals and call me crazy or not, also love the "feeling" of driving on bias ply tires. Since I learned how to drive on a car that had bias ply tires and drum brakes, old tech feels just fine to me.
Thought about that over and over and decided to give Coker a shot.
My '74 Galaxie came from the factory with bias ply tires. They were 7,75X15 with the option of F70 15 and could be both from Firestone and Good Year. I was using 215 70 15 Hancook radials on the stock 6" wide wheels, and isntalled a set of Firestone Wide Ovals from Coker. They are F70 15 with the white line option.
Until now, I have about 4500 miles on them, and the tires are great. On a straight road, going between 65, 70 MPH they handle very well, and they are very comfortable on bad roads.
I took some pictures the day I had them installed:





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

Curious: How do the Goodyear whitewalls clean up? I'm VERY happy with my Michelin Diamond Backs (they clean easily/don't yellow) but, there is still that slight hint of a port-a-wall look.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Yup, i have them. They are pretty good...much lighter and easier to balance than the older coker brand ww. I got these prorated warranty from those due to being unable to balance. These are MUCH better!

Ron Grove

Wauconda, IL

I love the way the Goodyears look and handle and there more reasonable in price than the Cokers and the Goodyears are made here in N.C. USA.

-Gary Burnette-

Have any of you guys tried the "American Classics" ? WW Radial tyre they seem to be a reasonable price...



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

I run fast and hard in my T'bird which I drive often.  I have been thru many Cokers.  I now have the Goodyears from Kelsey tire. They are quite, balance easily and run true.  Wide Whites are a little more guady than the plaine wide white I'd like but they are great tires.  MIKE

Mike, still lovin his 57 t'bird after 53 years!

So far I have had no problem with the Cokers I purchased  2 1/2 years ago. I put them on my 56 Customline and they were 670-15's with the correct 11/16's wide whites. They have made the 2 long trips to Branson,Mo and the other to Tinley Park, ILL this past summer. I live in Colorado so I consider these to be long trips. When coming back from MO we drove through 103 degree heat in Dodge City Kansas. At Tinley Park I drove the car around the Autobahn Grand Prix race track. I usually run 65 or 70 on the highway and run about 30lbs in the front and 28lbs in the rear. Tire pressure is critical Check it often with a good guage that you know is accurate. When the tires are cold at about 45 to 50mph somtimes I get a slight shimmy in the front end but after they warm up they are fine.

                                                                            Hope this helps, Andy Of Mayberry

Wish I would have known!  I live about 5 minutes from the volo museum.  Could have met up for lunch!  Mecum acution was ok; not as good of cars as last year, but fun to do anyways.  Hoping for no rain tomorrow, as we are hoping to do a car show tomorrow at cantigny, down by wheaton.  Where is the show you are attending?

Ron Grove

Wauconda, IL