Firestone steel radial 500 Corvette tires 1973 -77

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**njsteve** · #1 04-03-2024, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by TimG

My word, what a disaster.

Yeah, that's not fabric showing, that is steel cord with really sharp ends. Imagine several hundred hypodermic needles flailing around, formerly under tension, at supersonic speed.

Pretty much the automotive equivalent of a Claymore Antipersonnel Mine.

There are several stories of mid 70's Corvettes having the spare tire F500 inside the well explode and take out the fuel tank and rear quarters while parked in the owners' garage.

**tom406** · #2 04-03-2024, 03:51 AM

I’m an original tire and wheel nerd but I’d have to draw the line at ticking time bombs.

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