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In March of 1976 I became the 9th owner of a 1968 Z/28. Car had 43k on the speedo & always had an E70-15 tire in the trunk on the original DF wheel. A few years back I replace all the tires with new E70-15 Goodyears. I put that tire away because I've always claimed it to be my original spare. After doing some research here I discover it is not the original tire. Now I would like to possibly figure out where it might of come from. It's a thin white wall. Says Custom Wide Tread & below that it says polyglas. It has outlined letters, not raised white letters. The date code is TS01161 which would be April 1968. My car left L.A. March 15 1968.
What car would this tire have come on? Thank you, Joe
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1968 Z/28 Corvette Bronze. Black Hounds Tooth. 02E Los Angeles born 3/13/1968 pnt OO 1969 SS396 Yellow/Yellow 08E Norwood born 8/28/1969 pnt 76E 1970 'cuda Moulin Rouge, 440-6, 4 speed |
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Did I read that right? 9th owner in 8 years? Never seen anE-70 whitewall. As far as I know, only the Z and the Shelby had E-70-15.
Buddy
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69 camaro Z-28 burnished brown X-77 bought 1978 70 camaro Z28 forest green M40 black vinyl roof PROJECT 99 camaro SS Hugger Orange 6speed no t-tops 1 of 54 11 cts-v black diamond edition wagon 556hp GONE 15 camaro Z/28 white AC brand new |
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Yep, you read that right, owner #9. I still own it. I will see if I can take some pictures of it...Joe
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1968 Z/28 Corvette Bronze. Black Hounds Tooth. 02E Los Angeles born 3/13/1968 pnt OO 1969 SS396 Yellow/Yellow 08E Norwood born 8/28/1969 pnt 76E 1970 'cuda Moulin Rouge, 440-6, 4 speed |
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You could get a white stripe E70-15 Custom Wide Tread Polyglas tire from your local Goodyear retailer. That is probably the case with the tire you have on your DF rim. Here's a listing from my 1969 Honest Charley Speed Shop catalog. I had one of these as a red stripe spare on a previous '67 Z-28 I owned.
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Thank you. The one on the left is what it looks like. Mystery solved...Joe
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1968 Z/28 Corvette Bronze. Black Hounds Tooth. 02E Los Angeles born 3/13/1968 pnt OO 1969 SS396 Yellow/Yellow 08E Norwood born 8/28/1969 pnt 76E 1970 'cuda Moulin Rouge, 440-6, 4 speed |
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You're welcome. I'm happy that helped you out.
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Joe, we would love to see pics of it!
Buddy
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69 camaro Z-28 burnished brown X-77 bought 1978 70 camaro Z28 forest green M40 black vinyl roof PROJECT 99 camaro SS Hugger Orange 6speed no t-tops 1 of 54 11 cts-v black diamond edition wagon 556hp GONE 15 camaro Z/28 white AC brand new |
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