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  • Wally A.
    Very Frequent User
    • May 31, 1979
    • 170
    #1

    non DOT uniroyal tire

    i have a non DOT tire with a date # ML 7959 can someone out there help me decifer?
    thanks
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    • Steve B.
      Extremely Frequent Poster
      • February 28, 2002
      • 1190
      #2
      Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

      Wally, is the tire a whitewall, blackwall or even a redline?
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        • Wally A.
          Very Frequent User
          • May 31, 1979
          • 170
          #3
          Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

          tire is a 5/8 whitewall, hope you can help. thanks
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            • Terry M.
              Beyond Control Poster
              • September 30, 1980
              • 15569
              #4
              Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

              Originally posted by Wally Abela (2486)
              tire is a 5/8 whitewall, hope you can help. thanks
              As far as I know the only codes available for non-DOT tires are for GoodYear, but I can always learn more.
              Terry
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                • Steve B.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • February 28, 2002
                  • 1190
                  #5
                  Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

                  Originally posted by Terry McManmon (3966)
                  As far as I know the only codes available for non-DOT tires are for GoodYear, but I can always learn more.
                  Terry is correct. The US Royal tire company changed their name to Uniroyal in late 66 so your tire is correct for a 67. Hope this helps.
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                    • John H.
                      Beyond Control Poster
                      • November 30, 1997
                      • 16513
                      #6
                      Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

                      Originally posted by Steve Bramati (37512)
                      Terry is correct. The US Royal tire company changed their name to Uniroyal in late 66 so your tire is correct for a 67. Hope this helps.
                      I remember back in '64-'66 when I was a Production Foreman at Willow Run (Chevy II and Corvair) that many customers refused delivery of new cars that had U.S. Royal tires, or had the dealer change the tires to another brand (Goodyear, Firestone, General, etc.) due to U.S. Royal's less-than-stellar reputation at the time.

                      When the dealer ordered a car and didn't want U.S. Royal tires on it, the Broadcast system entered a code from the dealer order that printed out "Akron Tires Only" below the lower margin on the Body and Chassis Broadcast Copies, as all the OEM tire manufacturers were headquartered in Akron, Ohio except U.S. Royal, which was in Detroit. This continued for four or five years thereafter.
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                        • Dan D.
                          Extremely Frequent Poster
                          • November 4, 2008
                          • 1323
                          #7
                          Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

                          I remember the reputation. They were known (here in NY) as "US Royal Baldies".

                          -Dan-
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                            • Mark D.
                              Extremely Frequent Poster
                              • June 30, 1988
                              • 2141
                              #8
                              Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

                              I love my Uniroyal Tiger Paws. Sounds like they were/are lousy tires but, they're groovy today.
                              Kramden
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                                • Jaime G.
                                  Very Frequent User
                                  • March 31, 1988
                                  • 480
                                  #9
                                  Re: non DOT uniroyal tire

                                  The Tiger Paws in my 1967 GTO lasted less than 3000 miles.
                                  I was 17 and broke from buying new tires for that car but they were cool indeed.
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