Tires Are Not What they Once Were.

[Jerry Hall]

Another B F Goodrich bite the dust. 90% tread. Just blew out sitting still.

 

[super-bee_ski]

I'm going with the Cooper Cobras now for Muscle Car application
Cept for the 69 SC/Rambler
Coker's

 

[Don67Satellite]

I have the BFG's on mine right now, won't be buying them again I don't think.

 

[R413]

BFG Radial TA’s doing what they do best.

Glad there wasn’t any body do damage. Just remove them all before they cost you a fender.

 

[Jerry Hall]

BFG Radial TA’s doing what they do best.

Glad there wasn’t any body do damage. Just remove them all before they cost you a fender.

I have already replaced the rears with Cooper's. Time for a pair of fronts. One of the rears did the same thing a few months ago.

 

[WileE]

BFG's = Basically F'n Garbage

 

[polywideblock]

What about Mickey Thomson sportsman S/T? All my car's have them

 

[Charles Cook]

I had all four blow out on my 68, of course several days apart. Scared the sheeeeeet out of me. I put cooper cobras on my 70.

 

[SattyNoCar]

I had an old Firestone radial sitting in the spare tire well of my wagon, with no weight on it and it blew apart with enough force that it knocked the plastic cover off to the side.

Yet, while I would NOT drive on it, here's a 40(?) year old bias ply Goodyear that shows no signs of dry rot.....

 

[Jerry Hall]

I had an old Firestone radial sitting in the spare tire well of my wagon, with no weight on it and it blew apart with enough force that it knocked the plastic cover off to the side.
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Yet, while I would NOT drive on it, here's a 40(?) year old bias ply Goodyear that shows no signs of dry rot.....

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I was driving one of my 67 GTX'S on red line bias ply that were dated 1979 until about 4-5 months ago. There was no sign of dry rot. They were replaced due to wear .

 

[Dave6T4]

Another B F Goodrich bite the dust. 90% tread. Just blew out sitting still.
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That could have been MUCH worse at 60 mph! Somebody was looking out for you.

 

[Jerry Hall]

That could have been MUCH worse at 60 mph! Somebody was looking out for you.

When it blew, it's a wonder I didn't have a heart attack. It sounded like someone shot a shotgun at me.

 

[moes]

Jerry, how old was the tire. I just changed to Cobras this year, my old BFGs were 14 years old and hard as a rock. They had a hard time removing them from the rims.

 

[roadrunnerh]

Holy cow! What's the date on the BFG?

 

[Jerry Hall]

Jerry, how old was the tire. I just changed to Cobras this year, my old BFGs were 14 years old and hard as a rock. They had a hard time removing them from the rims.

If I'm not mistaken about 8-9 years old. No more than 10. This is not the first time, for this brand. I had 3 go within days on a 67 GTX, 2 rears on a 67 Coronet R/T, and this is the second one on this car, 68 Coronet R/T. All B F Goodrich radial TA's.

 

[SDCoronet]

WTF? Some people must have died on these things recently. They begging for a billion dollar lawsuit.

 

[goldkey lee]

Where do you find the date on Goodrich tires. or how do you know how old your tires are?

 

[Cranky]

Check the date code on the tire. Didn't realize how old mine were until I looked and all four are 2005....

 

[kiwigtx]

BFG's = Basically F'n Garbage

Looks like I'll be swapping out mine for Coopers soon.....I can't afford to nose dive if a front blows out on me.

Time for some serious burnouts to end the life of the current BFG's.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

If I'm not mistaken about 8-9 years old. No more than 10. This is not the first time, for this brand. I had 3 go within days on a 67 GTX, 2 rears on a 67 Coronet R/T, and this is the second one on this car, 68 Coronet R/T. All B F Goodrich radial TA's.

So that means I have 12 ticking time bombs in the garage right now? If they're gonna blow I can only hope I'm as lucky as you and it happens when I'm at a standstill, not at speed.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

Time for some serious burnouts to end the life of the current BFG's.

YEAH, big smokey burnouts, good idea! That's the ticket.