I have bias plys on my Chevy pickup, love the look and the old car feel. They do get a little squirrely on the roads that they smooth down with the grinder that leaves ruts, but it makes me pay more attention to my driving.
Totally agree with you, wicarnut. We drive our Deuce roadster across the country at 75-80 if allowed. I don't enter it in shows as a contestant since it is our transportation and a DRIVER. Love the look of bias plies on appropriate rides, but I err on the side of safety, IMHO.
The 16" and larger Firestone Deluxe Champions are tube type tires. The 15" and smaller are generally tubeless.
wandering isn't the same thing as following the ruts in the road. Bias ply tires seem to be much more sensitive to the ruts, than radials are. Tire pressure makes a difference too, running bias tires in the mid 20s is better than at higher pressures. But bias still don't track as well as radials. It also depends a lot on the road. There are some roads that all tires will follow the ruts somewhat, and there are roads that bias tires will drive great on. And it depends on the car, as mentioned, radials will cover up a lot of problems with loose suspension.
You aren't building an auto cross/road race car are you? Most of these cars are just cruised around. Depends what you want to do. Buy tires that fit your need. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
A few years ago a lot of our city roads were ground down and grooved in preparation for repaving, the grooves were in the direction of travel. For some reason they were left like this for several months. My car with bias ply tires twitched around like crazy on these roads, but I learnt that if you didn't try to correct constantly the little tugs one way then the other tended to balance out.
Exactly. All those grooves are headed in the same direction that you are going, so the car will sort itself out without corrections. Kinda weird getting used to that, though.
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