Fwd: <VV>Tire "aging"

[Garth Stapon]

Bill:

I saw an article about a guy driving a classic Sunbeam convert.

His tires were old, blew and the car flipped.

His passenger died.

He stated that he did not know than 10 plus years age on the seemingly good looking tire with plenty of tread was an issue.

Spend the money if you think you may have a problem.

Garth Stapon

-----Original Message-----
>From: HallGrenn at aol.com
>Sent: Aug 15, 2006 11:26 AM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Fwd: <VV>Tire "aging"
>
>In a message dated 8/15/2006 12:29:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>tirediron at charter.net writes:
>
>> The car is "cruised", a little, no performance driving.
>> 
>> Is safety compromised by their age? ...do they need replacement? Is 
>> tire failure likely to be catastrophic from aged tires?
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>
>I's say no to all of the above.  The "rubber" compound gets harder, but the 
>tire should be fine.  Just watch for signs of ply separation such as cracking 
>at the sidewalls just below where the tread begins.  With the exception of flat 
>spots that will smooth out with a few miles of driving you shouldn't have any 
>problems.  If you plan to make the car a daily driver or autocross it then I 
>would invest in a new set of tires.
>
>Bob Hall
>Group Corvair
>'64 Brier
>'65 Corsa
>2 '68 Monzas