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Thread: What were OEM tires? Photos of any?

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    wkarson Guest

    Default What were OEM tires? Photos of any?

    Hi everyone,

    Can't help but wonder what the correct OEM tire was. I see some Mark II's w/ wide white walls, some w/ thin white lines, and others somewhere in between those polar opposites.

    Anyone here? Yes, I can ck out Coker just like anyone else. That's not the point. I'm hoping one of you can definitively state the OEM tire w/ a picture.

    Thank you,

    -Ward
    Last edited by wkarson; 12-13-2013 at 12:40 AM. Reason: Typo of "help" from "how" as 4th word.

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    JCB Guest

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    Look at some of the original sales literature. They look pretty wide to me.

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    Mad Scientist Guest

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    The originals were wide. Look at picture at top of this page, that is from the Continental story, a book that came with each new Continental.

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    According to my dealer invoice mine was ordered with Firestone Deluxe Champion and if memory serves correct 56 was 2 3/4 inches give or take and 57 was 2 1/2 wide. I have the correct size Deluxe Champions on mine right now.

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    According to the LCOC Authenticity Manual (Which I am not lending to anyone!) The whitewalls were 3" from 1955 up to October 1956 and 2 3/8' thereafter.

    Tires sizes were 8:00 x 15" Non A/C and 8:20 x 15" with A/C.

    Domestic tires were 4 ply tubless bias ply, non belted. Export Models were 6 ply tubless bias ply, non belted.

    Tires were Firestone unless otherwise DSO'd.
    Pat Marshall
    Lancaster, OH

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    Default Ask, and you shall receive. Wow! Great tire info.

    Folks, you are all amazing. Thank you so much! I'm bidding hard on a Mark II now, and the tires are ~35 years old. So no doubt I'd have to buy new ones if I was fortunate enough to be able to buy this car. (So much for the 'buyers market' thread I read here the other day...yeah right...not a chance. If you have one, there's someone who wants it. Period.)

    JCB & Mad Scientist, I thought that pic at the top of the page was from original sales literature, but in Pat's 'color code' thread, I noticed a few different white wall widths, which left me scratching my head. Hence the posting.

    Pat & Don, can't thank you enough! Talk about fountains of knowledge. Awesome.

    Let's put it this way -- if the gods of beautiful cars smile upon me enough to allow me to buy the one I'm bidding on now, I'll have new Firestone Deluxe Champion rubber on that non-AC car ASAP.

    Folks, please allow me to thank you again.

    Best,

    -Ward

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    Ward,

    When you can, you can thank me with the VIN. Good luck on your bidding!

    Pat
    Pat Marshall
    Lancaster, OH

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    My car had what I believe was the original spare. It is a Firestone "Supreme" with a three inch whitewall. The tire, by the way, is a four ply nylon 8.20 X 15.

    Mine is an a/c car built in February 1956.

    I have never seen another tire marked Firestone Supreme.


    Alan Harris
    C56D2744

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    wkarson Guest

    Default Firestone Supreme - quick Google search

    Hi Alan, does this look familiar to your spare? It's earlier (1952), but is it a close facsimile?

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007IWAXSW

    Thank you,

    -Ward

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    That sure looks like it!

    Alan Harris
    C56D2744

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