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Can anyone decipher this tire DOT number?
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12/05/08 01:39 AM
12/05/08 01:39 AM
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fig426
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Does anyone know how to read this DOT number of a Pro Trac N50-15? Thanks!!! DYTI GT 408
Chris from New Jersey
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Re: Can anyone decipher this tire DOT number?
[Re: fig426]
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12/05/08 02:39 AM
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DY- DENMAN TIRE CORPORATION - LEAVITTSBURG - OHIO - US 408- 40th week - 1978 or 1988 (or 2008) Or were Pro-Tracs done by '88? Or are they brand new reproductions & 2008 like these? With this current info, I'd bet reproductions. 
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Re: Can anyone decipher this tire DOT number?
[Re: birdboy]
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12/05/08 10:59 AM
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If I'm not mistaken they quit using the Alpha notations for the width in the early 80's. All tires went to the numeric (metric) system.
1979 Chrysler 300
1968 Barracuda project
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Re: Can anyone decipher this tire DOT number?
[Re: birdboy]
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12/05/08 04:14 PM
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40th week of 08 would read 4008.
I think that is correct, they went to a 4-place date in 2000. 
So the tire in question, would (I guess) be 4th week 2008.
The "PRO TRAC" line of tires was a "speed shop" regular for hot-rods in the mid-70s to mid-80s. The were recently re-introduced/reproduced and are available at Coker Tire, JEGS, ebay and others.
Just like you can buy G60-15 Goodyear Polyglas GTs, you can now buy N50-15 PRO TRACs - for mo' better traction! 
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