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1955 Which radial tires are best?

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What wide-whitewall radial tires are best for my newly-acquired 1955 TB? The tires on the car when I bought it are 20 years old. Yikes!

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We run American Classic on our 57. They’re okay but have a slight bulge in the white wall I believe due to the reinforcing cords. Downside they’re worth gold to buy in NZ. !! I replaced the wire wheels with steel wheels due to having to fit tubes in radials tyres. The reinforcing ridges chaffed the tubes even when I without fail used special the talc. See my profile picture.
 
@Lionel, did you know that they make radial tubes? It may solve your issue...
 
74 Harley said:
@Lionel, did you know that they make radial tubes? It may solve your issue...
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Thanks, we unfortunately don’t have any of these in NZ . I’m running tubeless on steel rims now at lower pressures than the wire wheels. We ran around 35/38 psi to try and stop the chafing. We cruise regularly and cover a fair amount of miles each year, I changed the wheels as punctures cost me two tyres around a grand each. Not good!
 
My 55 with stock wheels has Diamondback Radials...call them and they will provide u options. Great price and customer relations!
 
I also run Coker American Classic whitewall bias-ply look radials. Really happy with them. They don't look completely like bias ply, but close enough to fool most people and the ride is much much better.
 
Texas Tom said:
What wide-whitewall radial tires are best for my newly-acquired 1955 TB? The tires on the car when I bought it are 20 years old. Yikes!
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I just purchased 4 tires for my 1955 Thunderbird. The tire size is 205/75R15, with a 2 1/2" whitewall. The price for the Diamond Back 1 tires was $3.00 more per tire then the price for the Coker Classic Star Series tires. The price to ship the Diamond Back tires to my home was $59.58 more than the price to ship the Coker tires. Since I have Hagerty Car Insurance on my Thunderbird, I was able to get a 10% discount on the purchase of the Coker tires.

doug7740
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