RE: [Chrysler300] BlueStreaking - Old Tires

["John L. Chesnutt" <chesnutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, you should never run old tires at high speeds. As soon as they get
hot you may experience cord separation especially in radials. I have had
lots of problems with radials when they were first introduced.

I lost all four radial tires (Goodyear JR78/14) on our 300C on the trip
through the mountains of northern California to attend the August 1980
Chrysler 300 Club 11th Annual Meet in Santa Cruz, California. I received the
"Hard Luck" Award plus a Second Place, Senior Division. I lost two radials
on the way to and two on the return trip. The tires had just 10,000 miles
and were five years old. The cords separated from the rubber compounds.
Goodyear gave me new tires, but I was never happy with them.

John Chesnutt, Portland, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of moparpjf@xxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:03 AM
To: gholm@xxxxxxxxxxx; c300@xxxxxxx; millserat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
wranderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Lettercars@xxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] BlueStreaking

I read an article some time ago which dealt with the fact that many tire  
outlets sell tires that have been on their shelves for a number of years.
The 
gist of the article was that any tire more than three or four years old
should 
not be sold to the public without notice of the age of the tire because,  
over time, tires will dry out and the side walls become subject to cracking

under load.
 
I, for one, would not be doing more than 40-50 mph on original Blue
Streaks, 
if that.  I think they should be used for shows and for concours  judging, 
but I would never put them to high speed use.  How can you trust a  30 or 40

year old tire at 80 - 100 mph???
 
Pete Fitch
 
In a message dated 3/5/2009 11:54:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gholm@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
 
Whats your opinion of running the OE "blue streak" at 300 speeds.  Would  
they not be too old to be safe.???  

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