Best whitewall tire source for my 1961

[John G.]

I'm pushing to finish my 1961 270HP car with full wheel covers for the January Florida meet. The TIM&JG has specs for 4 tires and 2 more with no information. I'd like to buy five American manufactured 6.70X15 bias-ply whitewall OEM grade tires. The first "distributor" I contacted won't provide me with any information on the tire such as the DOT label so I can look at the manufacturing plant code. I am willing to take the slight deduct for the DOT label.

PM me with you thoughts?

[Rick A.]

Re: Best whitewall tire source for my 1961

check Coker at the following link:

https://www.cokertire.com/catalogsearch/result/?header_year=1961&header_make=CHEVROLET&header_model=Corvette&q=670-15

check kelsey

http://www.kelseytire.com/pages/antique&classictires.html

[Mike M.]

Re: Best whitewall tire source for my 1961

i've used Coker and Kelsey tires in the past. prefer Kelsey. mike

[John G.]

Re: Best whitewall tire source for my 1961

The Kelsey tires are Goodyear which I've been told to avoid as they are not known to have actually ever been used in production even though they are listed in in TIM&JG.