<VV> TIRES AND ARMOR-ALL

[MarK Durham]

Last year I rubbed down my dash pad on my 62 coupe  and each time I do it
looks better. Armour all does a great job. Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
 On Jan 2, 2014 3:24 PM, "James Weppelman" <jweppel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> yinz guys,
> uv is a shortener of tire life for sure. but keep in mind that all tires
> have some extent of "natural rubber" in them. this is a commodity that does
> have a shelf life. i have been to the Michelin plant in greenville and
> toured the commercial new tire facility.  a non scientific way to tell when
> a new tire has a lot of natural rubber in it , is to  move it around on a
> concrete floor it usually squeaks. most tires that have a significant
> amount of natural rubber will squeak more. this is also why these
> tires(Michelin,etc) usually are more expensive, and a better tire. i think
> i recall that Michelin commercial will only keep up to 1 1/2 months worth
> of real rubber on the rack for use. they also date and verify rubber coming
> in from suppliers. i have a 1980 z28( black interior )that i have always
> used copious amounts of armor-all on,inside and on tires, and never had any
> issues. these cars are famous for dashboards cracking and with a black
> interior mine has been perfect. sold!!
> happy new year
> jim weppelman
> pittsburgh
> 1963 spyder rag project
>
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