I just picked up a set of 4 mint condition Olympic tires (made in Australia) at an estate sale. They still had the paper labels glued on the tread. Does anyone know how long ago these were still in production ?
Jay,
Could you post a picture of the tires/tread?
Willis
Howdy Willis: Here's a picture of the tread pattern.
The Ozzies must be sleeping. It's about their wake-up time, though.
My tourng needs a set want to sell???? I have 2 of 4 tires on it now that were installed in the mid 70's, still even with no tread(bald) a better tire that the repo Firestone's I bought 10 yrs ago. I even looked at one today( my 74 F100 is down and wile on vacation my T is my daily driver as the chance of rain has been slight this week)back to the tire-I see weather checks in the side wall and as the car is always parked indoors it must be because of the fact they are crap. Jerry
Its about 20 plus years maybe longer since these tires/tyres were made here
From memory the moulds then went to New Zealand but they don't appear to have been made for a long time.
I have them on the front of my Town Car and they have over 70,000 miles on them they were put on about 40 years ago. I replaced the rear ones about 5 years ago with T drivers as I couldn't get any Olympics.
Great tires, but be careful putting them on they may be so hard they may not stretch easily and you could tear the bead.
I had some of these that were on a roadster for 20years and were still good after many a mile. I wish you could still get them.
Thanks all for the input. I'll be replacing my worn out firestones on my driver with these. These have a sheen to them and not a old age crack to be found.
Peter you are right they are pretty hard. Does anyone know a way to limber up the tire before installing on the rim?
I leave my old tires in the sun for a few hours before installing them.
Hard tires have low traction. I would not put them on wheels that have brakes.