Well the original question still remains Ken, if the pre 2000 standard was "three digits for the date" then why are these tires stamped with a "four digit code"? As far as the year of manufacture goes, that had to be 1987 or earlier. As I explained, I got that straight from the guy that paid the bill to have them installed, back in 1987 at a shop smack dab in the middle of the good old US of A, so that date we know for sure.
And again, all of this is irrelevant because these wheels are going into storage shortly and will only go back on the truck if I should ever get to the point I wanted it judged for originality. I don’t have a problem running a tire that’s six or eight years out of date but a quarter of a century is a different story. So in the future the only time these tires would see the road might be a short trip to or from a local show and then only if I were concerned with having it judged, and that really is not my bag.
I am however getting a good education on the history of tire labeling and learning about these old trucks is my bag.
Oh, by the way, what is "Ss DOT"? Making tires on Sunday? Sure, don't ya know that us Irishmen work seven days a week; there is no rest for the wicked!
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 10/05/2010 12:11 PM.
