Coker Problems - An Alternative?

["Woolf,Richard" <richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I seen Jeff's tires when we had our meeting at Jimmy's for the Central
Jersey Imperial Owners Club. They look great! I actually had to look at them
twice because they almost look like a bias ply tire.
I have purchase tires from Diamond Back Classics before with no problems,
and they are great people to do business with.

Rich Woolf
'66 Crown
'73 LeBaron



-----Original Message-----
From: JCantor791@xxxxxxx [mailto:JCantor791@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 8:57 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: Coker Problems - An Alternative?


I've been following this ongoing discussion for the last few days and 
couldn't resist throwing my two cents in.

In their defense, while I did not purchase tires from Coker, I did speak
with 
them a couple of times last fall while researching tires for my '56 and
found 
them to be helpful and reasonably knowledgeable.  The tires I ended up 
purchasing came from Diamond Back Classics (they come up very quickly in a
Google 
search).  Diamond Back only offers radials which for me was a plus (no
flames 
please, we've already debated bias-ply vs radials and each has its pluses
and 
followers) and they while they have several standard white wall widths that
they 
offer, they will make any size you request in 1/8" increments.

Diamond Back's standard tire is an off brand model made by Goodrich, I 
believe.  However, for those who want to go a step further and get the best
possible 
tire, Diamond Back will substitute any tire from any manufacturer that you 
specify so long as they can get it from their supplier.  This is what I did,

selecting Goodyear Regatta 2 in the P235R17/15 size which allowed me to
purchase 
a spare directly from tirerack.com which matches the performance of the rest

of the set without costing as much (I'm not looking to win shows at this
point 
so I'm not concerned about the unmatched spare's appearance).

Hope this is helpful.

Jeff
'56 Sedan
Trenton, NJ