BFG Radial TA's vs. GY Polyglas bias plys

[mockingbird812]

: nice ride Joe.

[flyingn]

damn Joe. I admire your fortitude to drive your car in any weather. Just thinking about the rain and my Torino gives me the heebie jeebies!

[XXXGoldL34M20]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: camarojoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ok, my opinion. Radials look stupid on a musclecar. Sorry, they do. BFG's, Eagle ST's, whatever... they just look wrong. I have worn out several sets of bias repro tires on several different cars. I just finished putting together a set of Wide Tread GT's because my current set is worn out, and put over 27,000 miles on a '32 highboy with repop bias ply Firestone skinnies on it for every mile. Not just sissy sunny sunday afternoon stuff either.... The car has seen rain, snow, sleet, hail, and multiple 500+ mile trips at 55-75 mph... never a problem. My only gripe is they wear out faster than a radial, but if you have a weekend cruiser they're gonna last you YEARS even if they do only get about 12,000-15,000 miles of wear out of them if you don't want to run them to the cords. I'm just getting ready to mount up my 3rd set on the hot rod. I'd never consider putting radials on it or any old car.</div></div>

Amen [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] ,
When I bought my 1970 LS6 Chevelle 5 years ago it came with the pathetic looking T/A's on the car, within 2 weeks I took them off and the Polyglas went on the car.
Again guys, just put your hand on the steering wheel and hang on as those Polyglas will take you anywhere. I love the ride and looks of Polyglas tires [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

P.S. &gt;&gt; I run a 1970 Chevelle SS club on Facebook and I will not allow a photo of a restored SS with Radial Tires in my club to be posted as I consider cars with Radials to be a Cosmetic Modification that does not finish a restored car off properly. Seems people like my format as I am closing in on 5000 members.
Sorry I just don't get it when a person restores there car to original but slaps on Radials YUK. I never will.
Also I love the MCACN show because it has tons of Polyglas tires on about 95% of the cars.

[sixtiesmuscle]

My $.02, anybody can drive on radials. It take a man to handle bias plies. That said, although they are more expensive, the Good Years from Rusty ride and handle much better than Firestones. A lot of this depends on the status of your suspension components. If you have a worn out suspension, the radials will be much more forgiving. I realize that roughly 1200 for a good set of GYs vs. 4-500 for T/As is a big difference, but putting the black side out on 70 series, not 45-60 series, at least helps mask the offense.

[earntaz]

Back in the day (1966) I bought a used 63' Vette. It had stock tires (of course -- bias ply) and it was time to replace the rubber. I was talked into replacing the old rubber with Michelin tires. The change in handling, ride, etc. was awesome.

I understand the desire to keep a vehicle stock in appearance -- but as a non-carpet car, radials are superior.

[al8apex]

those that that actually DRIVE cars on bias plies (more than the local car show) ... um, well are different than I am

*I* prefer a nice handling car with a nice ride
(however all my tires get the blackball treatment or letters mounted inside)

I also REPLACE my daily driver tires EVERY year with NEW tires

*I* want the nice ride and the GRIP that only FRESH tires provide

(I can also sell the take off tires and recoup 75-100% of my yearly investment)

I learned from 40+ years of motorsports activity about age and heat cycling on tires

FRESH is the ONLY way to go

(my opinion, YMMV )

[earntaz]

Was that before or after you burned the tires off at Beeline ... LOL

[njsteve]

Nothing beats the ride on radials..and nothing beats the little white lettered sidewalls of the late 1960's and early 1970s.

Someone should invent a stick-on applique of the small lettered <span style="font-style: italic">&quot;POLYGLAS GT&quot;</span> lettering that can be applied to the blackwall side of a set of modern radials. That would be a cool invention.

[CanCOPO]

It's definitely a lot cheaper to roast the TAs.

[stritestoration]

Maybe this will help the decision. Bias ply's look SOOO good.