[Radman]

Well, I had an adventure with the White Tempest tonight. I went to Hilliard where there was supposed to be a car show. When I got there it had been postponed. I sat in the parking lot and talked to other guys who had arrived for the show. Then I decided to stop at the Quaker Stake and Lube at Polaris. A short time after I got on I270 I heard a bang from the back of the car. I thought what was that, everything felt normal. Then I heard the rumble starting from the rear tire. I was doing 65 when that happened. By the time I got over to the edge of the road, that tire was junk. I put the spare on, and called the closest tire store. I was not going to drive very far with different size tires on the posi-traction rear end. At the store we found a hole in the tread that was easily ¼ inch in diameter with a side cut from the hole that was another ½ inch. What ever got that tire, it was big. My question at the store was “What do you have in 15 inch tires?” I got the best tires they had that were close to the original size on the back of the car. The good news is that the car is still stable at 65 with a blown tire.