Topic: Age of tryes on my 1979 Vette
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Lifetime MemberAndy, will be one of the best investments you will ever make for both you and your car!
So no kidding you talked to the original owner and told her that her vette is now down under......
That is great, you'll have to tell us about that.
Well welcome aboard brother!
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Welcome to the site Mate. Yes $93.00 a piece for TA's is a good price. I just replaced my old ones with new. They were $98.00 here in the good ole USA.
Keep commin back my friend, "T"
[QUOTE=Aussie79vette]... It's just so hard to take off the existing oneswhen they have still the new mould lugs on them. ...[/QUOTE]
When we purchased "The Beast" late in the fall of '06 it had the original tires still on it. There was just 7,500 miles on the odometer and the tires looked brand new, from a distance. Closer inspection revealed that they were all checked/cracked and could have given out at any time. First order of business the next spring was to replace them before doing any serious driving. The originals are bagged and stored in case the next caretaker of the car wants them for showing/judging.
Jim Olson 
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Hi "T", the price Iquoted as $93.00 was in the $US, the quote I had today was $250 $AU (out of Melbourne, all the way over the other side of the country),which eqates to $US200.00, plus frieght of another $AU25.00 and plus fitting, bit of a diffference.
If any one knows of a cheap way of sending them please let me know, even if it was $US30.00 a tyre, plus cost it would still be cheaper. this works out to be about $AU155.00
Andy
Andy:
sundew 2009-06-01 05:14:50
I would also like to say welcome. This is the best C3 website. There are really good people here who love Corvettes and are willing to share information about their cars.
Sunlight and age will deteriorate tires so I, too, would strongly recommend replacing the tires. I have BFG TA's on my corvette and I really like them. But, I also run BFG's on my daily driver, so I am a bit biased. The Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tire is also an excellent choice. Did you try the Tire America website for TA's?
A simple question?..Is your car right or left hand drive? I was wondering if GM ever produced right hand drive cars for export.
Wally
There is no substitute for low end torque! 
Boy, am I dumb! 
Had I read through all of the earlier posts, I would have seen that your car came from California...obviuosly left hand drive! 
.....nevermindsundew 2009-06-01 05:21:18
Had I read through all of the earlier posts, I would have seen that your car came from California...obviuosly left hand drive! .....nevermindThere is no substitute for low end torque!
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Vette(s): 1981 Great White Shark. Red Interior, 350/190 hp. PS, PB (SS), A/C CC, T-Tops. Served three years in Active Duty Army, then Retired Air Force after 34 years! Badger State Vettes Car Club. 175,000 Original miles!! Now own a 1998 C-5!
G'Day Mate !
Yup, new tires are the 1st thing you should do. If you can get BFG'S for 93.00 apiece, get them!!
Welcome to C3VR. Lots of nice folks here !!
Dan
http://www.truelocal.com.au/search/tyres/australia
Hi Andy. Don't know if this will help but I found this link to a bunch of tire (opps..sorry, I meant tyres)
stores in AU. "T" my7T1 2009-06-01 08:38:08
stores in AU. "T" DaveM, have sent off an email for a quote to send them to me in Australia, wiil wait and see.
Thanks for the feed back
Andy
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