My new (old) spare tire

[Sal C.]

Re: My new (old) spare tire

Lyle,

I believe the green tint was gone by 1971. I would not expect to see it in 1972 or 73.
Sal

[Oliver B.]

Re: My new (old) spare tire

Oh yes this is one of the tires Firestone would like to never see in public. That is a good reason no one will ever be able to repop it. ...

Hope you will be wrong at the end of the day... I would so much love to run (good and safe) SR500's on my car - just as it was delivered with...

[Harmon C.]

Re: My new (old) spare tire

Lyle,

I believe the green tint was gone by 1971. I would not expect to see it in 1972 or 73.
Sal

Thanks
Your one of the few including me that think that the tint was gone by 73.
I took that hit on 73's so much I went to PO2's.

[William M.]

Re: My new (old) spare tire

Lyle,

I believe the green tint was gone by 1971. I would not expect to see it in 1972 or 73.
Sal

Judging Guide calls for green tint, yet I've never seen it on an original '73!

[Peter G.]

Re: My new (old) spare tire

Lyle....

That must be where your judges are getting the "green tint"? From the JG and not from a '73 Bowtie Car?

[William M.]

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Lyle....

That must be where your judges are getting the "green tint"? From the JG and not from a '73 Bowtie Car?

Look at the picture of my '73 from the day of delivery. Doesn't look like any green tint on those Rally wheels!

[Patrick H.]

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Look at the picture of my '73 from the day of delivery. Doesn't look like any green tint on those Rally wheels!

and there shouldn't be.
Wrong year.

[Jack H.]

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I agree, Sal....

[Jordan S.]

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Make sure you take the picture on the delivery day for show and tell if you get a deduction for ride heigth. It may not help but it would be fun to watch. I think your car today sits close to the same which is good.
I want to see that tire and rim in person as it is one of the best examples of a white stripe with no tub marks and very little missing paint and no rust. This being an early rim for a 73 (late 72 date) it could help clear up that green tint thing that I have not seen but often get a deduction for.
Pictures could lie but I see no green tint on that rim. I show my cars with PO-2's a brand new set. That makes the rim tint a no issue.

I have the original spare for my 70 with the green tint which is obvious in person. Unfortunately, pictures DO NOT show the tru color.

[William M.]

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and there shouldn't be.
Wrong year.

My point exactly