30 x 3 1/2 Olympic Tires Question

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern Ca. on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 11:00 am:

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 ?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willis Jenkins on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 01:25 pm:

Jay,

Could you post a picture of the tires/tread?

Willis


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern Ca. on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 01:58 pm:

Howdy Willis: Here's a picture of the tread pattern.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR. on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 09:31 pm:

The Ozzies must be sleeping. :-) It's about their wake-up time, though.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerome R. Hoffman, Hays KS on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 10:43 pm:

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


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By peter kable on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 07:36 am:

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.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brendan Doughty on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 08:41 am:

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.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern Ca. on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 09:48 am:

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?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ed on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 10:23 am:

I leave my old tires in the sun for a few hours before installing them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 10:45 am:

Hard tires have low traction. I would not put them on wheels that have brakes.


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