C3 1979 tires

[T. Cap]

I have a 1979 with the original GoodYear GT Radial's (255/60R15) still on. I need to get new tires but want to keep the car looking as original as possible. I have not found anything that looks like the originals with the outlined white letters. Any ideas? Is there any talk about repoducing the GT Radials?

[mike cobine]

Re: C3 1979 tires

I hope you are not driving it anywhere. 26 year old tires are as hard as a rock and ready to blow up without warning.

There has been questions on here before about the GT and no one has said they will be. The best best is to remove these now, preserve them and bag them, and store in cool, dark storage until you want them for a show. Then go to the show, put them on, and get the points for being original.

[T. Cap]

Re: C3 1979 tires

The car is up on jacks with all four wheels off. The tires are being dismounted and the wheels refinished, just need tires.

[mike cobine]

Re: C3 1979 tires

Well, save those old originals. For the judging points, they are a plus.

As to outlined white letters, I haven't seen any in awhile. You might run through Tire Rack's website and do the usualy searches on the Internet.

Most that I find seem to be with all terrain tires with the OWL.

Here is a passenger tire with 60 series:

http://www.realpages.com/sites/buckstireandbrake/page2.html

http://www.cordova-ccc.com/tires.htm

[Robert S.]

Re: C3 1979 tires

T.

Goodyear still makes the raised letter Eagle GT's but now there GT II's. I put a set of 255/60R15's on my '78 last year. Except for the II (I was thinking of grinding the II's off) they are as close to the originals you can get. If you want to see how they look let me know and I'll email you a picture - I don't know how to post pics here :/

Bob

[T. Cap]

Re: C3 1979 tires

Bob,

How do the GT II's ride?

[Robert S.]

Re: C3 1979 tires

This is my second set on this car. They provide plenty of traction and are not noisy at highway speeds. As for the ride I have the FE7 suspension but I don't find the ride harsh at all.

[T. Cap]

Re: C3 1979 tires

Good looking vette. The Eagle GT II's maybe the way to go. I just wish they had the white outlined letters, then they would be perfect. Thanks for the pic and info.

[Robert S.]

Re: C3 1979 tires

Thanks.

I guess you could get the white letters "outlined" with a little black paint...depending on how good an artist you are and how steady your hand is!