[emf]

The wheels are original 16 inch Ford wires and I'm running with radial tubes. As far as the change in handling, no more darting back and forth with every change in the road surface. Also the cornering is much more responsive. The tread pattern is not like a typical modern radial, but more like an earlier tire tread. Can't say anything about the braking, but since the brakes always were very positive with the Lesters, I would guess they would be at least the same.

One funny story, I took them to a small tire shop in town, since they said they could mount them for only $10 per wheel (that's one tire off and one tire on per wheel). I have my own manual tire machine, but hey, for only $10, I'd let them do it. They had a problem with the tubes in that the stem kept falling into the wheel when they inflated them. They said that although they tried, there was something wrong with the tubes. I took them home to my manual machine and had no trouble. I just turned the tube over and put the stem to the front of the wheel. I guess the tire guys aren't used to mounting tires with tubes....

Frank