[olmanwinter]

Your experienced opinions would be greatly appreciated for my question. Please, no one-word or sarcastic answers. Don’t waste your time or mine.

I have a 1967 GTO convertible. I attached images of the build information to this post. The car was found in a salvage yard in 1975 and brought back to life by my father (and a youthful me).

It does not have an original engine block and the convertible top color went from black to white, but it otherwise has an original appearance and equipment. We have added a Delco AM/FM radio and a Delco 8-track tape player, underhood lamp, and other original accessories, but nothing aftermarket. It somehow missed out on some of the "hotrod" modifications that were common back then.

The car is not a trailer queen, but a relatively original rust-free car. It currently has approximately 105k miles.

The car is currently on the same General RWL bias ply tires that it got in 1976. The only good thing about this is that since buying it from my dad in 1995, I have put on less than 500 miles. I understand that it is not a safe situation and I need to update. The car has the original “spinner” wheel covers.

I am not going to keep this car until I die, so I am trying to consider the resale aspect of what tires I put on it. I also remember that in the mid-1970s, we updated a vehicle from bias ply to radial tires. Boy, what a huge difference that made!

Here are the options I see:

Go back with Coker redline bias ply tires to try and keep the car as original as possible. Currently $363.00 each for tire without shipping.

Update to Coker redline radial tires for original appearance but updated radial driving. Currently $377.00 each for tire without shipping.

Go back with some sort of bias ply tire with raised white lettering

Go back with some sort of radial tire with raised white lettering

Thank you for your thoughtful replies.