Remember Atlas Bukies? (Bucron) they were really good in that time frame for street drag racing. Not sure what they were, construction wise, but they really grabbed the street; Blue Steaks were thought of as Cadillac tires, as in big hat no cattle, but also known for top end safety, as in 300 letter car . big $ back then, seldom seen on street drag cars...
Rob Kern had posted about American Classics being the best bet for 14" tires...as on Nov of 2013. After a bad trip with Cokers.
Any comments on that? looking to buy a set for 300c and 300f
AH, Atlas Bucrons, I remember those well and fondly.
Somewhere somehow I ended up with a pair of 9.00x14 Bucrons back
in the mid 70's after I rebuilt the motor in my 300 C.
Around my area we knew them as real nice 'cheater
slicks'
Excellent traction, real grip. Really made a difference on a superb dragstrip
surface. (Indy Raceway Park) :-)
About 1976 my racing partner and I ended up working behind the scenes
at the US Nationals to raise some racing $$. One of the big car teams left
behind some liquid traction compound. WE 'played' with it a little at home
one day. At the time my buddy was driving a 57 Nomad that we installed
a fresh (shade tree job) motor in. We ended up with a manual tranny in it,
hydrolic clutch too.
He splashed some of that stuff under the tires and tried it out on the
street. We were not allowed to use the stuff in the class we were racing.
So, a voice was heard to say, let a real car try that!
I had the Bucrons on the back of my 300C and between those and the traction
compound stuff I really laid down some marks. A Full trip around the block and
the tires were still
picking up all the loose pebbles on the road.
Paul Holmgren
2 57 300-C's in Indy
CPUs run on smoke. I know this because when the smoke comes out, it stops working.
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