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Tire pressure will have to be determined by experimentation. I'd like to run my tires with higher pressure for spirited driving, but the reality of the roads won't allow it. I have to compromise or my tires/car can get bounced off the road on a corner that has a patch section or large expansion joint.
 
They do look great.
 
the sumitomo htr's are what I have on my '65. They work great for rolling the car in and out of the garage :wink:

maybe someday in the near future I will get to see what the ride is like :driving:
 
Another vote for the Sumitomos based on my discussions with others.

As for air pressure, Back in the 70s and 80s adding pressure increased performance by stiffening the sidewalls. On today's ties, the sidewalls are much stiffer right out of the box. Often, more pressure simply makes the tire contact patch "crown" and reduce the size of the contact patch. Don't just accept the standard wisdom. Apply stripes of white shoe polish running from the edge of the contact patch to about two inches up the sides of your tires. Drive the car in a parking lot hard until the front end plows or the rear end spins (or both). Then take a look at the shoe polish stripes. If they are not scuffed all the way up the sidewall portion, then add air. If they are scuffed only to the very edge of the contact patch, a change in pressure should be very slight, if at all. If the shoe polish is not scuffed at all, you may actually want to reduce tire pressure to get better traction.
 
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