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<x-charset iso-8859-1>With rubber, storage is everything. Personally.. I wouldnt trust them. HOWEVER, for a nice vintage ride that keeps it's speeds low and is driven carefully to shows they would probably be just fine. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback (with no empty nipples!) 65 Notchback (still suckin its gas!) 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: <JGGullion@aol.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 11:25 AM Subject: [T3] NOS Tires???? > I found a set (2 of them) of NOS thin whitewall tires at a local tire shop > that is going out of business. I know the owner and he says that he has had > these tires in storage since the 60s. They are bias ply tires and the stock > size for my fastback. After looking at them they look brand new and not > dried out. I gave the owner $20 for both of them and think I got a good deal > on em. Even though the tires have been in storage since the 60s they still > have the stickers and nubs on them......do you think these tires are still > good? I have heard warning about NOS rubber seals in the past but these > tires are still juicy and were stored well. Any suggestions? > > Greg > > 66 Sunroof Fasty TL > 66 TBird (Goodguys Special) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > > </x-charset>