I'm going to be in the market shortly to buy some tires for my 68 Road Runner. I'm still unsure whether I'm going to run Road Wheels or painted steelies with the dogdish cap set up. Probably the later since I have them already painted to match the car, but either way both will be 15" with the steelies being 15x5.5 and the road wheels would be 15x7. I'm looking at these: http://store.coker.com/f70-15-firestone-wide-oval-redline.html for either wheel I choose.

I have a few questions for you guys. How do the repro bias plys make the car ride? Meaning, what are the characteristics of bias ply tires as far as sound inside the car, road handling (do they hunt for all the gorooves in the road), and overall wear. What is the difference between the F70 and the G70 series? Is it the width?

I know there is the option of the radial redlines, but I like the old school look of the classic tires but not sure how practical they would be for me. I don't plan on drving the car much so that's another reason I'm thinking the bias ply would be fine. Maybe a few thousand miles a year if I'm lucky. If money was not an option, I'd have a set of those for shows only and another radial set for everyday driving. But unfortunately the money tree I planted never sprung up. I ask about the ride since the only car I have experience with in reagrds to having bias ply tires on them is my 56 Chevrolet Nomad. Now the car needs a resto, but I feel as though the tires are riding on train tracks and inside the car can be best described like the sound of trashcan on roller skates. They're pretty loud. But again, that may be other things I'm hearing so I wanted to hear how you guys would describe them for those that are running them on your cars now. Thanks!

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you'll get lots of opinions ...

That said I have them on my Dart, they are OK , they are never going to give you the ride of a radial , if you don't plan to drive the car much then it's not really a big deal. To me they are softer than originals ... Factory Appearing racers are getting 1.6/1.7 60ft times with them and they say they do not treat them, so they will wear out faster. the difference between the F70 and the G70 -15 , other than the BIG price difference is the G is a little taller and a little wider.

I think there are other tires out there that have to look of the square cut bias ply , Mickey Thompsan Indy profiles ???

What about GoodYears in F 70-15?? The member SMALLHURST on the board gets deals on them for board members. His name is Rusty I believe...

go F 70 in front G 70 in rear trust me it will look much better than using the same size front and rear i did it on my barracuda e 70 front g 70 rear [rear wheel well is much larger than front though in the pic its hard to tell] dan

Show ready '68 HEMI Road Runner, no question ......

Goodyear F70-15 "SPEEDWAY" redlines!

Wheels should be 15x6". You can get by with the 5-1/2", but if you're going with the 70 series tires stay with 6" in the MAGNUMs.

OK, thanks for the info. So the correct tires for my application (yes, my 68 RR will be hemi equipped) would be the Goodyear F70x15. And I am OK with running the 15x5-1/2" wheels on the F70s, but if I go with the G70x15 then I'll need at least a 15x6 rim. Correct statement there?

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