Not Fast, just "Less Slow"

Well, I don't think I mentioned much about tires yet but...the radial tires on this car are brand new!
Yeah, new in 1982 or so!
They are all hairy with the little nipples all over the treads. They were with the car when it was dragged out of storage a couple years ago and the guy I bought it from switched them out to replace the snow tires and bias fronts. I'm not going to be driving fast on them. Right now they are only roll-around tires, but I do want to switch them so the whitewalls are facing out instead of in. This car deserves whitewalls for a little while anyway.

If I drive it to Carlisle, it will have new radials on 14" Rallyes by then.

I can laugh about it now. But that last blow-out was NASCAR newsreel material had I been on track. It beat the fender up and knocked the wheel well moulding loose, ripped out the fender turn signal connection and the side marker light, sent rubber flying, and aimed the car at a guard rail at 65 mph. Just for grins, check the age on those 1982 radials http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11 . You may be surprised. FWIW: Discount Tires recommends replacement at 10 years. http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoTireLife.do