tires

[Scott S.]

hi every one, I'm scott, every one calls me (pork chop) I just had a question about tires.What are the original tires that came on the 72 corvette? and will radial tires hurt for judgeing? thanks

[Tom H.]

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Hey Pork Chop ! Welcome aboard.

I don't have my 72 JG here at the office today, but your tire size was F70x15. You would have had blackwalls as standard. Whitewalls or white letter as optional tires. I don't recall the specific brands right now. No radials available until 73.

Here is how reproduction as well as radials would be scored.

[Edward J.]

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[Edward J.]

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Pork Chop, the original tires on the 70/72 cars were either Goodyear speedway nylon cord or Firestone super sport wide ovals,

Currently the only reproduction tire that close to orignal is the goodyear speedway wide tread.

The current radial replaced would have to be from Goodyear or Firestone P215/70R15. there is diameter and tread width requirements also , this is how the judges determine what the deduct is.

[Scott S.]

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thaks guys, just trying to get a grasp on all this stuff, just got my 1st vette in september and dident get alot of time to drive it befor the snow hit. but summers comming talk to you latter and thanks again.

[Terry M.]

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Pork Chop, the original tires on the 70/72 cars were either Goodyear speedway nylon cord or Firestone super sport wide ovals,

Some (a few) 1972s got Tiger Paws, isn't that Good Rich? Oh heck, buy the 1970-72 TIM&JG (Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide) from the NCRS store. We wrote all that detail stuff down so that people like me with NCRS disease don't need to remember.

[Tom H.]

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Some (a few) 1972s got Tiger Paws, isn't that Good Rich? Oh heck, buy the 1970-72 TIM&JG (Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide) from the NCRS store. We wrote all that detail stuff down so that people like me with NCRS disease don't need to remember.

Not sure if they were used or not, but a Tiger Paw would have been a Uniroyal.

[Edward J.]

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Terry, uniroyal, have you ever seen one?

[Mark D.]

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Terry, uniroyal, have you ever seen one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-72-Corvette-F70-15-Whitewall-Tiger-Paw-Dot-Tire_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem19af359383QQitemZ110313706371QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

[Edward J.]

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Mark, Thats neat, never thought I would see one. it is rare in deed,never mounted though. no date, the JG does say that it not authenticity is a question.hmmm.

[Mark D.]

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Mark, Thats neat, never thought I would see one. it is rare in deed.

Leave it to ol' J. T. Piper.

[Terry M.]

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Terry, uniroyal, have you ever seen one?

Yep UniRoyal it is and I have seen three or four of them in the spare tire tub of 1972s. If I remember right Drew Papson had one and Ken Berry had another. (See, Ken, I remember the tire, but not the battery.) I have pictures of Ken's but I think they are old fashioned negatives and paper pictures, but I'll look on my desktop when I get there.

BTW: It really is in the 1970-1972 TIM&JG. I know ink on paper is old fashioned to a lot of you guys, but it is the way we used to communicate, and we will continue that for some time. It went into the TIM&JG in 1993, so it is not news, or it shouldn't be.

[Edward J.]

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Terry,thanks for the info, us newer guys like me thought it is still a question whats is correct or not,Ive read the JG only about 20 times, and in my short time I think Ive found all the mistakes.chauk up one more.

[Don L.]

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Bill Chamberlain, where are you? Show us a picture of your original 1972 raised white letter Uniroyal /Tiger Paws...

[Terry M.]

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Terry,thanks for the info, us newer guys like me thought it is still a question whats is correct or not,Ive read the JG only about 20 times, and in my short time I think Ive found all the mistakes.chauk up one more.

I suppose some folks think it is a question, but I don't -- but then my dos centavos doesn't count for much. We will see when the 1970-72 TIM&JG is revised. I hope I am still around for that. But I guess I missed where the mistake is. Please enlighten me.