Goodyear Polyglas

Hello,
I am putting together my calendar of events that I am going to be attending. Let me know if you want to pick tires up at an event and I will make sure you are taken care of.

Cougar 50th Nationals-- Tulsa, OK April 21 and 22
Heartland Regional NCRS-- Newton, IA May 4-6
Boss Motors-- Marysville, KS June 3
SAAC 42--- Indy Motor Speedway June 8-10
GTOAA-- Springfield, IL June 26th-July 1st
Buick Club of America-- Brookfield, WI July 5-7
Hurst/Olds Club of America-- St. Charles, IL July 8 
Pontiac Oakland--POCI-- Ft. Worth, TX July 11-15
Supercar Reunion-- Bowling Green, KY July 28-29th
Mopar Nats-- Columbus, OH Aug 9-12
Mustang Grand National -- Overland Park, KS Aug 25-26th
Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race-- Stanton, MI Sept 15 and 16
Pontiac Museum Show-- Pontiac, IL Sept 17

More dates to follow!! My cell is 816-654-3400.

Rusty

Yes.... Mercury Cougars... you smart alex!!

I see that there are now Firestone Wide Oval radials that look just like the original bias ply tires from the late sixties and early seventies.   Are there going to be Goodyear Polyglas radials with raised white letters and redlines coming soon?

I have Kelsey built Goodyear Polyglas on almost every AMC I own and have put a lot of miles on them....they ride great and I have never had an issue.  As far as performance (traction), a very high percentage of the cars at the Pure Stock Drags are running!!!  They are not your Grandfathers belted tires....original molds, but modern rubber and DOT approved.......

I agree. The recently released Firestone Wide Oval radials seem to have the best qualities of the original appearance and the ride and handling improvements that radials provide.
I'd love to have Goodyear Polyglas radials for my AMX but for now I'm making do with Diamond Back Michelins with redlines which are very good.
I'm surprised about Ross's statement regarding the ride (and handling ??)of the new Polyglas tires.
My experience with the original Polyglas on my AMX was that they were fair at best and terrible in the rain. When I went to my first set of Good Year radials, back in the 70's, the improvement in ride and handling was enormous. Later switching over to Michelin X radials, FR70 x14, from the Good Year radials was an equally dramatic improvement.
With all these tires costing in the $1000. or so range for a set of 4 it get's expensive to begin to experiment with different tires.

I love the OEM look of the Good Year Polyglas and if they're as decent as Ross says then I'll likely put them on my 67 Ambasaador DPL when it's out of the body work stage. Otherwise it will probably be the BFG or Diamond Back radials with the thin white stripe in either the 205 or 215 x14 size.