[SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires

[Kent Sullivan]

Dave, thanks. To clarify, the original tire we have in our hands right now
is Firestone (not Goodyear), and for whatever reason, Coker has easy access
to Firestone drawings. So that's the direction we were going. Based on
everyone's feedback, Duanne is going to talk to them about U.S. Royal.

 

--Kent

 

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Subject: RE: [SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires

 

Hi,

I should add my thoughts after watching the thread. I was a little surprised
that reproducing the Goodyear tire was the object of your focus, but it
would still make a nice, contemporary appearing tire for Vairs in shows.

My interviews with retired GM execs of course point to the long relationship
between US Rubber (US Royal tires, and later Uniroyal) and GM going back to
the 20s when they assisted GM with a stock buyout, I think perhaps finally
ousting Durant. That favor gave US Rubber the inside track with GM for
decades.

All through the Corvair years, US Royal tires were installed on most
Corvairs at the factory. Despite the close relationship with US Rubber, GM
was never one to rely on a single supplier. As a result, General and
Firestone tires (and very rarely Goodyear tires; they mostly supplied Ford &
Chrysler) found there way onto Vairs without any special order for them.
Dealers rarely specified tire brands when ordering cars, but it was common
practice for trucks, particularly in fleet operations.

Absolutely, the Uniroyal Laredo is the tire to reproduce for 66-69 Corvairs.
And yes, we at the CPF could arrange to loan 5999's spare as a sample.

The repro Goodyear tire would still be nice to have, but the Uniroyal would
be the perfect one to reproduce.

Dave Newell
-- "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com> wrote:

Interesting-thanks.

 

From: Ronald Arndt [mailto:arndt2205 at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:35 PM
To: Kent Sullivan
Subject: RE: [SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires

 

Kent,

 

1966 - Willow Run.  Produced on February 7th, 1966.

 

Ron

Kent Sullivan <kentsu at corvairkid.com> wrote:

What year car and which factory?

 

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Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires

 

All,

 

For all it's worth, I went out and looked at my original spare (never used)
in it's rightful place in the engine compartment.  It's a GENERAL Jet-Air
II.  Hope this adds a little to the confusion.

 

Ron

Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

All,

That gives credence to what I've been saying all along. Coker should be
using the USRoyal tire, and NO other brand, for their pattern. I'm sure
that the CPF wouldn't mind if Coker borrowed 5999's spare for a while.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: [SCG] Good news about 1966-9 concours tires
>
> U.S. Royal had the contract with General Motors to supply the entire tire 
> needs. Firestone and Good Year were only used when the original order
had 
> specified it. I know this, because my roommate in college had an uncle
that 
> worked for U.S. Royal, and General Motors was his sole account. I
clearly 
> remember him telling up about this arrangement with GM. The tires were
very 
> light weight, and wore out within 12 - 15 thousand miles. Not what you 
> would have called a quality product. Paul in CT


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