This could have got exciting...

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  1. bmcdaniel

    bmcdaniel Senile Member

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    Driving the Maverick home from a car show Friday afternoon it started pulling to the left, then the right, then the left, etc. Here's what I found when I got home.

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    yellow75 MCCI Oregon State Rep Supporting Member

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    Wow how old are the tires------Firestones ?
     
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  4. BBMS18

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    TOO OLD!:biglaugh:
     
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    Yes this will make for a rough ride ,just saying!:huh::tiphat:
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    old...doesn't look like a cut down tire....:bouncy:
     
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  7. Krazy Comet

    Krazy Comet Tom

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    Bad frontend alignment....;)

    The 26 year old Goodyears I took off my Cobra in '18 looked great & still had half the tread. They were octagon shaped, rode bad & one developed a leak I could not find.
     
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    RMiller My name is Rick

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    Old dry tires, steel belts with cracked rubber allows moisture in and corrodes the belts.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    who in their right mind would drive a car with 26 year old tires on it?

    :coco:...would...LOL
     
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  10. Krazy Comet

    Krazy Comet Tom

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    I still see the Goodyear ST Eagles at car shows fairly often. AFAIK not produced in over 20 years.

    I bought the tires Feb 29 1992, had only eight birthdays. Stayed around town till I inst P/S, then took a couple cruises of over 100 miles without issue.

    Just looked at my mileage log. Between 3/25/17(P/S install) and new tires 10/11/18, made eight cruises/trips of 100 to 145 miles. Total mileage 1910. And that's with speedo/odo registering 10% slow. Add another 191 miles, total 2101 mi.
     
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    canuck222 vroom, vroom...

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    Wow, that's scary!
     
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    Nothing wrong with the alignment. Don't remember when I bought them, I'll have to look for a date code. Who knows how long they sit on a dealer's rack until they sell them.
     
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    I had a front blowout in a F150 cruising at 60 and was lucky I had both hands on the wheel....lol...it started vibrating just before the tire quit. Only blowout I ever had. They are kind of violent.
     
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    You dodged a bullet there!
     
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    bmcdaniel Senile Member

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    Manufacture date code on the tire is the 5th week of 2006. Still don't remember when I bought it.
     
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