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Topic: Wide oval tire manufacturer from the 60's and 70's
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Moneymaker
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posted 02-15-2005 02:31 PM
   
What was the brand name of the tire manufacturer who produced wide stock looking tires in the 60's and 70's.
I think it was Posi-Traction, but not 100% sure.
Not Marsh, or Pro Trac for sure.Most if not all their tire had very thin white pencil stripe white walls.
They advertised in all the magazines back then.
Small black and white add.
They made real off the wall sizes like J70 x 15, D60 x 13, etc. ------------------
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Fastymz
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posted 02-15-2005 04:03 PM
Was it Coker tires ?http://www.coker.com/store/customer/home.php?cat=264 ------------------
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Moneymaker
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posted 02-15-2005 04:05 PM
Where did you see Posi Traction tires Scoop?
All I see is the Pro Trac stuff.
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Alex Denysenko
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Fastymz
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posted 02-15-2005 04:20 PM
Sorry my bad 
Is it McCreary tires or the name was something close to that ?
Were the add's for wide tires like for pro streeter's ?------------------
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Moneymaker
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posted 02-15-2005 04:25 PM
I'm not 100% sure Ron.
I thought it was posi-traction tires company.
They were installed on a lot of custom cars built by Barris for the movies and TV, and a lot of street racers used them as I recall.
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Alex Denysenko
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 02-15-2005 04:26 PM
Firestone used the term Wide Oval, but I'm sure you know that. I think Scoop is right, and they were the McCreary tires. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 02-15-2005 04:34 PM
Didn't Dunlop run ads like those, with the tires mounted on Magnums?------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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Moneymaker
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posted 02-15-2005 04:41 PM
Yes, Dunlop did run adds using Magnum 500 wheels.
I think the tire I am referring to had no wheel in their adds.------------------
Alex Denysenko
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 02-15-2005 04:46 PM
I remember Firestone had a version of their Wide Oval tire with a thin white line out close to the tread.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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Bob Hopkins
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posted 02-16-2005 02:20 PM
I thought POS-o-Traction was the ones with the dog-bone tread pattern,how about Casler??a
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Moneymaker
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posted 02-16-2005 05:48 PM
To the best of my knowledge, Casler only made slicks. Both full and cheater styles.------------------
Alex Denysenko
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Rory McNeil
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posted 02-17-2005 03:53 AM
Alex, I had a set of PosATraction "Torque Twisters"60`s on a 69 Fairlane Cobra FB that I bought in California years ago. I believe that they are/were a Southern California company. Another street tire from the 60`s & 70`s was the Formula 1 Super Stock. Hell, back in the 70`s, I was a big fan of the FISK Sprint.I had a set of their G60-14`s on my 70 Mustang FB (on US Indy aluminum slots, no less!)  ------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 02-17-2005 08:59 AM
For the longest time I ran Mickey Thompson Indy Profile N50-15s. They would not hook up for anything! Every day was like an ice storm with those suckers! What was fun, though, was that all the dweebs around would say the same thing, "I bet you can't turn those big suckers..." ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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Moneymaker
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posted 02-17-2005 09:01 AM
The ones I remember were white walls, but I also seem to remember them making 60 series with very small raised white letters.------------------
Alex Denysenko
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Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
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Dad Vishus
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posted 02-17-2005 09:02 AM
Englewood made a tire called the Positraction in the late 60s and early 70s. I had a set on a 68 Chevelle.------------------
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Moneymaker
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posted 02-17-2005 09:06 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Dad Vishus:
Englewood made a tire called the Positraction in the late 60s and early 70s. I had a set on a 68 Chevelle.
<b> THAT'S IT! </b>
Englewood Positraction tires. Thanks Tom, it was driving me nuts.
They were the coolest looking and best hooking street tires ever.
They also offered unique sizes that no other manufacturer did. ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA & SS/MA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,'03,'04 &'05
First SS/MA in the TENS!
IHRA division 5 Superstock Champion
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28 The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
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