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Nice pics. I really like the '67 Camaro.

Tim13 wrote in post #11355503
Nice pics. I really like the '67 Camaro.

Thanks Tim - me too...even with the red wheel stripes ??
Lot of PP went into these.

classics indeed.

Were those taken in Merrickville? The Camaro has a Tripower set up if they were, plus A/C making it pretty unique. I've got a shot of the engine.

Thanks for comments djdino and cicopo.
...and yes cicopo, it is Merrickville...and why am I not surprised that you don't have a photo of the engine....taken from a R/C helicopter?

NO. Taken because I like the car & restore them for a living. Man it was hot that day.

Spike44 wrote in post #11357526
Thanks Tim - me too...even with the red wheel stripes ??
Lot of PP went into these.

Red Line tires as they were called were a big thing back in the day. My '67 GTO came with Firestone Wide Ovals with the Red Line. The darn things lasted less than 6K miles, as I remember. In those days the cross section of a tire was not described as a numeric (as in 255), but as an alpha (as in F). As I recall, my tires were F70/15. As in todays tires, the 70 was the aspect ratio and the 15 was the wheel diameter. And no they weren't radials, or even bias belted.

Lou

Thanks for the info lowrider - so these were mainly for show not go, eh. I would have stuck with white given the colour of the car...now if the car was black or red, hec yes.

(cicopo - it was a friendly neighbor joke - I have seen your hobbies)

Oh I realized that. You got a much nicer photo of the car than I did but my engine shot turned out OK. The sun just wasn't in the right place when we were there, & it was a really nice car.

Spike44 wrote in post #11362805
Thanks for the info lowrider - so these were mainly for show not go, eh. I would have stuck with white given the colour of the car...now if the car was black or red, hec yes.

My '67 GTO was a Pea Green. And you're right the redlines looked terrible on it. The wider tread did make a pretext to better handling, but the technology of the day certainly wasn't even close to modern standards.

Reproductions are available:

http://www.zip-corvette.com …ias=&ptct=SGR-SR&CTitle=&

Lou

Does anyone remember "US Royal Safety 800"s? Detroit put crap tires on cars. Most people didn't have a clue how bad they were until they had to make a panic stop from 55mph. In the late '50s the Pirelli Cinturato was the racing/rally tire of choice because of it's superior performance in the rain. Not a bad thing to have on our oil soaked roads when those first drops of water hit. I had the dealership mount my used Pirelli Cinturato "S" tires on my 'Cuda & told them to put their "Blue Streaks" on my trade in.
The technology existed. It just didn't come from Detroit.