I woke up this morning thinking about the tires that are on my 1954 3100 5 window. It's mostly original with the 235 engine and 3 on the tree. recent put new tires on my Mini Cooper Rally car, as I thought they were just getting too old, and I wanted a newer stickier compound. Never thought about the tires on the truck. The tires are the ones that were on the truck when I bought it 3 years back, and while pretty noisy they had plenty of tread, so I did not give it much thought. I went out the the garage to see if I could tell how old they are. They are Cooper Discovery LT's but I was unable to find any DOT code on any of the Tires. From what I understand, DOT codes have been required on tires since 1971.
Since I can not find a DOT code, are my tires really like 50 years old?
Scary, as some days I do drive it like I stole it. Picture attached of the tire.
