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What about BFG Radial T/A 295/50/15? Same width but you may not like the slightly shorter tire. Hoosier makes some radial tires that have the height and width. On my 70 it has BFG 275/60/15 and they hold up real well.

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How much shorter? I think I would rather go slightly skinnier and keep the height.I think my options are few.Was hoping someone had a pic of a combo that looked good.

Is it ok to post pics of other members cars?If not please delete this picture.This is the look I'm after but don't know who's car this is

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These are 275-60-17's on 5.5 b/s wheels. There is no more room. Mastercraft has a newer line out than the Avengers. Sadly these have been discontinued. These measure 11" at the sidewall and almost a full 30" tall. (29.98 spec) You do have to slide the rear back unless you want to trim the front of the 1/4 panel.

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I think I'm going to have to go 275-60-15 that looks good on your car.Coker has a 285-70-15 in a bfg but they want $250 a tire.I,m trying to go away from a drag radial,but keep the look I,m planning on 10 to 15 thousand miles a year if I can swing it.Just not much available in these sizes.
I bought the +1 espo springs right now without everything in the car the tops of the quarters sit way above the tops of the tires just don't want it to look stupid,and waste money.

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These are 275-60-17's on 5.5 b/s wheels. There is no more room. Mastercraft has a newer line out than the Avengers. Sadly these have been discontinued. These measure 11" at the sidewall and almost a full 30" tall. (29.98 spec) You do have to slide the rear back unless you want to trim the front of the 1/4 panel.

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I think I'm going to have to go 275-60-15 that looks good on your car.Coker has a 285-70-15 in a bfg but they want $250 a tire.I,m trying to go away from a drag radial,but keep the look I,m planning on 10 to 15 thousand miles a year if I can swing it.Just not much available in these sizes.


I bought the +1 espo springs right now without everything in the car the tops of the quarters sit way above the tops of the tires just don't want it to look stupid,and waste money.

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How many miles can you expect to get out of a set of drag radials with regular street use w/o burnouts roughly?

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Dont know but I have been driving on these Hoosier 30 x 9 radial slicks on the street for over 2 years and a few trips to the race track. I would say I have at least 2000 to 3000 miles on them and about 10 passes down the 1/4. They actually handle very good since I have radials up front. No one makes a drag radial in the 30 x 9 size so I just started driving on these slicks and was surprised how well they hold up on the street. Ron

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Don't get T/As... they're such an old-tech tire. Sure they look kind of cool but that's about all they have going for them.

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Same tech as any 60-series tire out there.....unless you go to a 55-series or less your're not going to see anything that out-techs a basic radial design. Tread pattern, now that's a different tech all together. Then if you want to talk about how a tire is manufactured then you'll have to start looking at Michelin and some other Euro and Pacific Rim manufactures......but not going on my old American Muscle at this point. Only choices are from Goodyear or Firestone IMO and then you need to read the sidewall to see where they are made


So what is out there with leaps and bounds better tech in a 60-series radial tire?

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try these 295/55/15 w 5 1/2 back spacing

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I was looking for a replacment set of tires to replace the 305/60R15 BFG''s radial T/A tires on my 70' barracuda and was turned onto Cooper Cobras radial tires. They ride nicer than the BFG's, don't have the fail rate as those ones, had 295/60R15 sizes a avalible, look good and a pair of them were cheaper by $60 on the pair! I have under 5k miles on a set and don't show any signs of wear yet. Very happy I decided to go with these tires.

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