whitewall tires by firestone for 73

[Thomas O.]

I have a 73 sb which had firestown tires as originals. I would like to place whitewall s on now-- what is the correct width of the white stripe ? thanks

[Raymond W.]

Re: whitewall tires by firestone for 73

Tom,

I inquired about this some time ago. The response I received from a fellow member who owns a Top Flighted '73 was 3/8". I never looked into Firestone tires, but in the Goodyear line (225/70R/15), the narrowest whitewall I was able to find was 5/8" on a Goodyear Integrity tire.

Ray

[Al S.]

Re: whitewall tires by firestone for 73

Tom,
I have a set of Firestone 3/8" white stripe bias ply from Coker for my '72 along with a set of 3/8" white stripe Firestone radials from Diamondback.
Big difference in ride and handling with the radials as anyone will tell you.

[Thomas O.]

Re: whitewall tires by firestone for 73

Al: Thanks for the response. I would be interested in the radials as 73 had radials. However I am not familiar with Diamondback. Does Diamondback have advertisments in car magazines? I havent seen Diamondback listed in The Driveline. Hope to hear from you again thanks! Tom

[Al S.]

Re: whitewall tires by firestone for 73

Tom,
I have some pics of my tires that I'll try to post later.
If not, I'll e-mail them to you.
In the meantime, here's a link.

http://dbtires.com