Thread: War of the tires - WHY I WANT BIAS PLYS

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Wow! over 100 replies to my little tire riddle? It was funny to see the thread turn into the "war of the tires" ... I still am not done reading all the replies...

But I wanted to clarify a few things:

there are three reasons why I will be putting bias on my hotrod:

1- Because I HAVE TO for the movie (see below)
2- Because this is also the direction I am going with this hotrod. Being probably the ONLY radial hotrod in the Suede Palace at the GNRS made it painfully obvious that my poor little hiboy looks like the retarded cousin with his radial tires. It is just the wrong look for this car.
3- Because I want to try it. Worry not I am saving my other wheels and radials so it is not like I am STUCK with bias plys for the rest of eternity! I am not going to MARRY the tires, just going to bolt them on my car . At least for the movie, and maybe for good.

I am well aware they will not handle as well, but it might not affect me as much as some of you guys, since a)- I do not drive at top speed b)- I avoid freeways like the pest and c)- it hardly EVER rains around here. d)- my car is only 2200 lbs.

MOVIE? What movie, you ask...

YES I HAVE SET OUT TO FILM A FULL FEATURE MOVIE. That's why I have been so busy and not posting much lately. Some of the scenes do take place in 1955 and my hiboy is in there, so I need bias plys tires, and to remove my Dan Fink windshield and to keep my hood on tight (to hide my 350 engine ). After which I will be able to almost pass as a 1955 hotrod, especially since my steering wheel is circa 1954. Hopefully noone will look TOO closely at other details, but it seems the Dan Fink windshield and radials were the two most noticeable non 1955 items. So they have to go while I film. I am sure bolting the windshiled on and off each time I shoot is going to be a royal pain but a necessary evil... I figured that rather than trying to put another stock windshield on (spending money and probably having to redrill my body) it was just easier to remove the windshield completely.

I was trying to keep the movie project low profile but by now everyone in the LA scene is already talking about it and the news is spreading faster than small pox so you guys might as well hear it from me. So there you have it. I have gone mad and I am making a movie that is going to ROCK your world (hopefully) . Filming has already begun. And it might be a good year before it is done (at least).

Please check out the movie's website at http://www.deuceofspadesmovie.com

you are wrong in so many ways i can not list them ? your power to weight is more in stock form then you think and you want to put old tires on your car??? stopping driving will not be as good and if you really have to drive this car you would can do better with radials what do i mean by this ?some joker pull out on you and you have to drive your car to save your ass.i have had old tires they are not that hot.i have had many thing go bad just in town speeds. stopping steering and handing they will not be as good at any speed past 25 mph .ok now send me your hate mail.

Wow...a real hollyweird movie....yippee...... Oh well, the special effects dudes should be able to make that roadster work really good on bias tires....Maybe a match race up Mulholland with a Lambo???? Or maybe a chase scene like Bullit? If filming in Frisco isn't in the budget, could always substitute the speed bumps in the Wal Mart parking lot!!!!!!

You have to be period correct if the film is set in 1955, so bias plys are a must. But it would be a good idea to keep the wheels with radials so you can bolt them back on if you wish. I would think of the bias ply tires as a kind of costume for you highboy. Costumes don't work as well as real clothes, but they are a necessary evil. You will quickly adjust to driving your car with bias plys.

Go ahead and fit the tires you want. Loads of rodders run them over here (where it does rain a lot), with little problems. You adjust your driving to suit the car.
Personally i'd go for skinny firestones 5:60x15 and 7:00x15's thats what i have being shipped over right now.
I agree with you about the windshield, but thats an expessive item to replace. Maybe you will want to change that another time. Good luck with the film.

I'd bet there's someone out there with a stock style 2" chop windshield that would swap even-steven for your Dan Fink one... Make a few posts on some of the various hotrod boards and you may find you can get the windshield you want for little or no additional cash outlay. I know your car would look killer with a stock style windshield and bias ply boots. Do it!