redline tires

90volts · Samba Member Joined: August 10, 2005 Posts: 2637

I found some redline tires online and was trying to find some info on them. found very little searching here so i was hoping someone might have some info on what they were? on one site they stated 'correct red coloring' so i figured it must have been a fad or something at one time. i did find a little info like they were standard equip on some pontiacs and camaros at least. anyone remember these and what they were all about.
i was thinking of putting white letters on the back tires and running these up front- like a hot wheels.

MDmanx · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:13 am Post subject:

I started this topic over in th beetle forum a while back. I agree, the hot wheels look would be pretty cool. After all, were still kids, just bigger toys! Laughing

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=153404&highlight=low+redlines

lostinbaja · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:11 am Post subject:

You may want to look at Coker Tire.

http://www.coker.com/

Jerry...

90volts · Samba Member Joined: August 10, 2005 Posts: 2637

yeah i saw that. but i am trying to find out when and why cars had these. i haven't seen any at any car shows i've been to- as opposed to loads of whitewalls. so why the difference?
and i like these better than the cokers. just like the look a bit better-diamondbackIII:

cool all the different colors they do.
http://www.widewhitewalltires.com/catalog.htm

tkelley · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:21 am Post subject:

They were on some of the mid-late 60's muscle
cars, like the pontiacs and the camero. They
were the performance tire of the day, the
"red lines" and the "wide oval" tires were so-called
performance tires of the day.

They would look pretty cool if you could find
some big rear ones.

Tom

MURZI · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:37 am Post subject:

I had them on my TR6---75 vintage.
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andk5591 · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:08 am Post subject:

nothing looks better than an early Goat or firebird in the metallic green color and a set of redlines.......Boy and I dating myself LOL
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tkelley · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:17 am Post subject:

Hey Murzi,

My friend had a 1980 TR8, it was pretty quick, but ugly as
hell and leaked a ton of oil. Good ole British engineering Rolling Eyes

Tom

bgs · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject:

You mean you guys don't remember the Uniroyal
Tiger Paws ? I believe they first came out on
mid to late 60's Pontiacs and later 60's Mercury
Cougars as mentioned above.

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Hmm, ruff.


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