"old school" tires?

[hairy_apple]

I've been trying to find some old school style tires for my 55. I would really like to put some 1970's looking tires on it but can't seem to find anything. I know they are out there, I just saw a restored Willys wagon the other day with brand new tires, but they were very old school looking. I wish I could have asked him where he got them or the brand, but it was driving down the road.

Anyone know a brand or type of tire I can get that has that cool old school look?

 

[shelfboy1]

try coker tire.

 

[adistler1]

stausaonline.com has a ton of military tires.

 

[Fast Eddy]

Swamper TSL Radials in 31x9.5 look pretty cool.

 

[Living in the Past]

Do a search in both the FJ25 and FJ45 forums. There are threads in both section on old school tires.

 

[akeyzoo]

I did yoko's for mine, search for my thread.

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj25-owners-group/192576-army-tires.html

https://www.universaltire.com/truck-and-military.html

These are the two best links

 

[My72FJ40]

I looked up H78-15 (original size) on Coker Tire and the STA Super Traxions looked cool.

 

[GaFJ40Jeff]

X2 on Coker... They deal in original factory style tires for restorations. You can get radial tires that look like the old bias ply. They even have period correct tread patters for most antique and muscle cars. I think they to wheels to. I want to say I remember a wooden spoke wheel and tire combo from an ad on Power Block on Spike TV.

 

[hairy_apple]

Awesome. Thank you guys. I spent a couple of hours searching online and couldn't find anything that had that 1970's feel.

 

[hairy_apple]

Sweet. Just checked and the STA Super Traxions are what is one it now and I loved them. They are just rotten as hell and wanted to replace them but couldn't read what brand or size they were due to how cracked and messed up they are.

Perfect. Not a bad price either. Thanks again for the info.

 

[studawg]

pics

Here is a pic of my factory spare.

Its a Reynolds Winter Tire H78-15 M/S Load Range B Whitewall.

Obviously quite a bit of dry-rot, but super cool. I looked for some old school tires for a while but didnt want a bias ply so options were limited. I almost went with some of those Deestones because they matched pretty closely, but I ended up putting on some 30x9.50 BFG ATs.

 

[studawg]

couple more....

 

[studawg]

previous was sideways..

 

[destin]

i jsut popped on a set of yoko y742s tires, very factory look, and damn i love em.

Soooo much more quiet than those bias plys i had on before.!

rated for snow and mud and road.

linky to the site on yoko

Y742S Light Truck Commercial Tires | Yokohama Tire Corp.

spendy but nice!!!!!!

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[tylerreid]

Thanks for the link. I'm also looking for these and this is perfect.

 

[Fast Eddy]

Those Yokohama's are awesome.

I've got a decent pair of Dunlop Sno Cruisers (original spares from two different rigs). If anyone is interested, send me a PM.

 

[ed76FJ40]

I bought my 7.00r-15 Yokohama Y742S D from tire rack and mounted them on steelies.

 

[cbmontgo]

I've gotta subscribe to this. I also love the old school tires...may have to throw some on my stocker '76 one day.

 

[peteinjp]

Here is what I went with:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-seri...wards-aka-bias-ply-goodness-sta-traxions.html

Pete