Bias Ply Tires
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Firestone 670-15 Blackwall. A classic blackwall tire with the iconic Firestone pie crust styling and authentic thread design. Cars featuring Firestone Blackwall 560-15 tires - Check price and availability on Amazon.com.
Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall. A perfect front runner for early 1960s styled hot rods. A classic 1-inch whitewall tire with the iconic Firestone pie crust styling and authentic thread design. Cars featuring Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall - Check price and availability on Amazon.com.
Firestone 560-15 2 3/4 Inch Whitewall. A classic tire with a 2 3/4 inch whitewall, the iconic Firestone pie crust styling and authentic thread design. The perfect front runner for late 1940s and 1950s styled hot rods. Cars featuring Firestone 560-15 2 3/4 Inch whitewall tires - Check price and availability on Amazon.com.
BF Goodrich 640-15 3 Inch Whitewall. A classic tire with a 1960s tread design. Made in the USA, these tires feature a smooth wide whitewall that has all the stampings and lettering in the black portion of the sidewall. More info and photos of cars with these tires - Check price and availability on Amazon.com.
John Gates' 1915 Ford Model T Roadster of Grants Pass, Oregon. Marcus Edell bought the old hot rod in 2014 and installed Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires up front. A pair of 8.00-15 Towel City slicks found their way to the back. A perfect combination for this 1960s survivor. More cars featuring Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires - Check price and availability on these tires on Amazon.com.
Jim Russell's 1928 Ford Model A roadster of Salinas, California. Originally built in 1958, the car ran chromed vintage steel wheels with Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires up front when Marcus Edell owned it in 2019. Marcus ran cheater slicks in the rear of the car. More cars featuring Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires - Check price and availability on these tires on Amazon.com.
More Sonics - Less Sinatra! Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall Tires up front and 1000-15 Radir Whitewall Slicks in the back gives Henrik Forss' 1930 Ford Model A Coupe a 1960s street rod-show rod look. Check price and availability on these tires on Amazon.com.
Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall Tires up front. Pie crust slicks in the back. Big and Little. A perfect combo on Jim Cooper's 1931 Ford Model A Roadster. Add four vintage Astro wheels, and we have a winning formula for a heavily chromed 1960s show rod. More cars featuring Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires - Check price and availability on these tires on Amazon.com.
Henrik Forss' 1955 Chevrolet 150 gasser of Sacramento, California. Known as the "Hollywood Hustler," Henrik's Chevy looked sharp running chromed and reversed wheels, Firestone 560-15 1 inch whitewall tires up front, and 10" Towel City slicks in the back. More cars featuring Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires - Check price and availability on these tires on Amazon.com.
Kurt Pedracci's 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air gasser of El Sobrante, California. Kurt is running chrome reverse wheels with Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall Tires up front and vintage 15x8 American Racing wheels with 9" Radir slicks in the back. More cars featuring Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires - Check price and availability on these tires on Amazon.com.
Jon Karlsson's 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 of Stockholm, Sweden. Jon is a member of the Los Boulevardos Car Club. His Ford is restyled in a mid 1960s look, and it is rolling on Astro Supreme wheels with Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires. Very sharp! More cars featuring Firestone 560-15 1 Inch Whitewall tires - Check price and availability on these tires on Amazon.com.
Matt Taylor went all the way with his Fool's Goldster 1927 Dodge roadster. 5.60-15 Firestone's with a wide 2 3/4 inch whitewall up front. 8.20-15's in the back. Big and little with extra white on the top. In 2017 Matt's roadster was one of the contenders for the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award at the Grand National Roadster Show. It did not win the AMBR award, but it took home the George Barris Kustom D’Elegance Award. More cars featuring Firestone 560-15 2 3/4 Inch Whitewall tires - Check price and availability on the same tires on Amazon.com.
The Juxtapod is a Swedish show rod built by Mattias Andersson at LeBeef Kustom Metal Works for Johan Belin and Ludvig Löfgren. Built in a 1960s style, the car was dressed up with Firestone 560-15 2 3/4 Inch Whitewall tires up front and Firestone 710-15 3 1/4 Inch Whitewall Tires in the back. Wide whites for a 1960s styled car, but it works well and it gives the build a late 1950s show car vibe. Check price and availability on the same tires on Amazon.com: Firestone 560-15 2 3/4 Inch Whitewall Tires - Firestone 710-15 3 1/4 Inch Whitewall Tires.
Brian Auderer's 1929 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan - The Jewel is running Firestone 560-15 2 3/4 Inch Whitewall Tires by Coker up front, and vintage Firestone 8.20-15 Tires in the back. Click here to check price and availability on the same tires on Amazon.com.
Many European cars left the factory rolling on 560-15 bias ply tires, and Olav Kvipt's 1967 Volvo Amazon looks great with Firestone 560-15 2 3/4 Inch Whitewall tires. Check price and availability on the same tires on Amazon.com.
Roger Miret's 1954 Chevrolet 210 of Scottsdale, Arizona. Known as "Morphine," the build was started in 2010 and completed in 2018. Roger installed BF Goodrich 640-15 3 Inch Whitewall Tires on the car. Check price and availability for the same tires on Amazon.com.
Steve Pierce's 1940 Buick Coupe of Napa, California. Steve is a member of the Squires of Napa car club. Known as "Pamela," the build was completed in January of 2019. Steve dressed it up with Cadillac Sombrero hubcaps and Firestone 670-15 3 1/4 Inch Whitewall tires. Check price and availability on the same tires on Amazon.com.
Brian A. Nieri's 1940 LaSalle Coupe. Known as the "LowSalle," Nieri's LaSalle was dressed up with 1957 Cadillac hubcaps and Firestone 670-15 3 1/4 Inch Whitewall tires. Check price and availability on the same tires on Amazon.com.
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