[Engine-Ear]

Hey all,

Per a thread by Coach, I thought I would share images from a spare that came with a very low mile '67 Catalina I used to own...

I believe that this tire was made in '66, so it may be of interest to the earlier DarkSiders, too.

Anyway, here are some images...ENJOY!

[Engine-Ear]

How exciting is THIS?

By the way, I would sell or trade this to someone who has a throbber for it.

[65FATCAT]

Not all that exciting but i'm glad you did it, that thing is in fantastic shape, really had the fat lady in high heels look going for it, but it's a good looking bias tire in my opinion, just a little pie crust on the outer edge, now if it just came with a 3/8 redline for that hotwheels look.

EE, i owe you one.

I just noticed the words "super low profile" .........now that's funny.

[copper128]

Way back in 1977 I bought a '68 Bonneville with 60-some thousand miles on it from an elderly couple in Florida. It also had the original spare tire, an 8.55-14, in the trunk. Although it looked pretty much identical to the pics here, I recall it being a B.F.Goodrich Silvertown.
I believe it was common for GM to source tires from multiple suppliers, depending on what plant, size, style, etc. There's no way to know for sure which brand tire came on a given car unless you have the original paperwork for it. The tire manufacturer's warranty booklet was included with the owners manual package, since tires were excluded from the vehicle warranty.

[Engine-Ear]

copper, I wondered about the BFG vs Uniroyal, too. Seems a lot of ads show BFGs.