They don't look that bad - yes maybe a bit small if you look close,
but I have found the Hankook H724s to be about all that is left. And
they are sturdy - not thin / flimsy like a couple of Chinese made
tires I looked at last year and they seem to perform well and be
reasonably priced. Discount Tire Direct had a rebate sale on eBay
that ended Sunday - also available at reasonable prices from Amazon,
Walmart, Sears, and many non-specific local tire outlets.
On 3/18/2014 7:38 PM, Rich Barber
wrote:
Amen
to the unavailability of a nice, safe, P225/75R14 tire with
a good reputation and at a reasonable price. I’ve spent too
many hours searching.
I
put a set of the Hankook’s described below from America’s
Tire on our ’64 300K conv. They were reasonably priced,
made by our friends in South Korea, ride fine, have near to
the OEM WSW width but do look just a little undersized if
one is studying that. Pictures are attached and available
to others on request. I had to get new tires on the car and
see this as biding time, safely and at a reasonable cost
($345.78 for four-last may!)
On
the Blue Streak subject, I purchased a great pair of 8.00 x
15 Blue Streaks from a member, knowing the 1” WSW was not
correct for our ’55 C-300 and the size was not correct for
the H or J. 7.60 x 15’s seem a little wimpy on the H &
J after seeing up to 9.00’s on previous 300’s.
I
bought the Blue Streaks to study their markings and
dimensions. I have not been able to determine any vehicle
that was originally equipped with 8.00 x 15’s with the 1”
WSW. It appears they were the updated style of WSW for the
exact size replacement on earlier cars. Lucas says they
sell a lot of 8.00x15’s to Caddy owners. Lucas did market a
General Dual 90 with 3” WSW in 8.00x15, but it seems to have
disappeared from their catalog.
BTW,
our ’55 C-300 turned 59 yesterday, on St. Patrick’s day—at
least by the SO of 0317. The big six-oh is coming up fast
C300K’ly,
Rich
Barber
Brentwood,
CA
Nothing really out there
in big 14's other than Bias Reproductions, Coker or
American Classics - period - end of sentence!!!!!
Biggest current "production" grade tire is Hankook H724
in P215/75R14 Narrow Whitewall. Its a good tire and may
have the load capacity at 1664 lbs max but its small at
26.7" OD and radials sit low anyway.
The typical 8.50/8.55-14 was 28.2 to 28.3" OD and was
rated at 1265 lb at 24 psi. Supposedly typical was to
add at least 4psi for more than 3 passengers or
high (70 mph) speed. But no one I know ran that low -
more like 30-32 psi.
The typical 9.00/8.85-14 was 28.7 to 28.8" OD and was
rated at 1355 lb at 24 psi.
American Classic P235/75R14 shows 27.87" OD which is
still small OD with a max load of 1930 psi
Best diameter match (sacrilege) is to go with a
P225/75R15 (typical 28.3" OD) or a P235/75R15 (typical
28.9" OD).
On 3/18/2014 4:04 PM, Paul Holmgren
wrote:
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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