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Special Coupe Frank · 12-23-2016, 08:30 AM

Here's another influence on my decision-making process...

Back in 1997, I was getting my 1941 De Soto ready for the road. It needed new tires.

To my dismay, I discovered that the only sources for 16" passenger-car tires were the "antique tire" merchants (Coker, Universal, etc.). ( I was not about to put 8-ply truck tires on the car, not that those would have been any cheaper.)

So, now I'm price-shopping for "antique tires"...

To my surprise, I discovered that Sears (at that time) could get Goodyear WWW All-Weather Diamond Tread tires - which were a factory-supplied tire on my car ( either WWW or BW ). They weren't the cheapest option even then, but I figured, if I've got to pay through the nose for antique tires, I might as well get "factory correct" (since they were available).

The successive replacement tires for this vehicle have been Lesters or Firestones, both for price reasons, and the diamond-treads are noisy-running tires.

She's still wearing WWW's....

12-23-2016, 08:30 AM	#55
Special Coupe Frank Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northeast Penna Posts: 2,108	Re: White Walls (Just a question not trying to start a debate) Here's another influence on my decision-making process... Back in 1997, I was getting my 1941 De Soto ready for the road. It needed new tires. To my dismay, I discovered that the only sources for 16" passenger-car tires were the "antique tire" merchants (Coker, Universal, etc.). ( I was not about to put 8-ply truck tires on the car, not that those would have been any cheaper.) So, now I'm price-shopping for "antique tires"... To my surprise, I discovered that Sears (at that time) could get Goodyear WWW All-Weather Diamond Tread tires - which were a factory-supplied tire on my car ( either WWW or BW ). They weren't the cheapest option even then, but I figured, if I've got to pay through the nose for antique tires, I might as well get "factory correct" (since they were available). The successive replacement tires for this vehicle have been Lesters or Firestones, both for price reasons, and the diamond-treads are noisy-running tires. She's still wearing WWW's....