looking for a current radial tire with lettering similar to old polyglas tires ... i have seen a few here and there but cant see enough to find out the brand etc anyone seen any good looking current RWL tires? dan

Dan,I have been in the tire business for 15 years.
Not much out there in RWL and nothing comes close to the Polyglas.
The BFG Radial T/A is the closest thing to it as of right now in a radial.But they are now in limited sizes and some are already discontinued and stocks depleted.
Goodyear Eagle GT II and Dunlop Qualifier GT are the next best thing.
Goodyear also owns and manufactures Kelly Charger tires in RWL.
Hercules has the HP4000
But if you prefer the font size and style of the Polyglas,get repops.
Check with Diamond Back Tires to see if they can custom make a set for you.They do specialize in radials that "look" like bias ply tires.But no RWL,though.
However,a double pinstripe whitewall was period correct on a '70 Fusey.
http://www.fuselage.de/index.html
I know it is not what came on your car originally,but it can pull it off.
Check out their online catalogue:
http://www.dbtires.com/index.htm
Also I do have a really good friend who may still have a set of vintage (circa late 70's/early 80's) belted BFG's.PM and I can pass on the info,if you wish.He pulled them off a set of vintage Western Wheels and installed the wheels on his Polara.

thanks c barge..no one makes RWL repops in H 70 -15 i have 15 NOS ones but i dont want to drive much on them... my 70 cars actually all had WHITE STRIPE polyglas tires as the RWL were not out yet! but i prefer RWL... i,ll keep looking i have seen a few that looked ok but of course wasnt thinking so i didnt write them down... dan

does COKER TIRE make anything???

coker and all those guys have great tires just nothing there i can use thanks dan

Get ready! Kelsey is going to be introducing something that has not been around for a long time. L60-15's will be coming soon!!!

another decent looking RWL radial is the cooper cobras....

Let us know what you find Dan. I'v never seen anything that looked even close to the lettering on the poly's. I used to use Eagle ST's but of course, they're discontinued. The BFG's are the next best thing IMO.

Cheers,
Dave

Saw this company in the May issue of Mopar Muscle...they were putting redlines on a tire in the issue....

They have lettering kits you can DIY

http://customtirefx.com/

Guys in my opinion the tire has to be the same brand as OE. Goodyear GT, Firestone, Uniroyal, not Cobras, Dunlops some Jip sing jap tire. My pet peeve is someone who restores every detail and puts some no name crap tire on the car. Just my opinion, I live in Akron Oh.

actually, dunlop was a british company, and is now a joint venture between goodyear and sumitomo, so it's only 25% japanese.....