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| | | | Joined: Apr 2024 Posts: 237 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2024 Posts: 237 | I just checked the date code on my spare tire. Who ever gets the closest with YEAR MONTH and DAY wins a prize. Don't know what it is yet but I'll think of something. Remember...no fair looking it up.
DATE CODE: 102
P.S. It has good tread and clean white wall
GO!
Last edited by MickeyP; 10/17/2024 10:01 PM. Reason: add detial in title for move to the better forum for the topic
1956 3100 three speed 6 cyl. Stock with a few upgrades.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,886 Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT | | Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,886 | Mickey, Good challenge!  I was going to chime in, but I cheated and looked it up, so going to leave this out there for others to respond too. My only other comment is "it's shelf life has LONG expired" - hahaha! 
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100Follow this story in the DITY Gallery"My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine"1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
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1956 3100 three speed 6 cyl. Stock with a few upgrades.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,817 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,817 | Tell us whether it's bias ply or radial.
If it's a radial, I'll say March 1992 (maybe 1982)
If it's a bias ply, I'll say March 1972 or March 1982
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2024 Posts: 237 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2024 Posts: 237 | Otto it's bias ply 600-16
1956 3100 three speed 6 cyl. Stock with a few upgrades.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,817 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,817 | Assuming it isn't one of Coker's Firestone re-pops, I'm going to say March 1972.
When I bought my 1966 Olds Toronado in 2014, it had a K-Mart bias ply spare tire from the mid 1970s. It was hard as a rock but had no dry rot.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 322 Professional procrastinator | | Professional procrastinator Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 322 | 10th week of 1972? That's my guess and I am sticking with it.
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Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,817 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,817 | I'm revising my answer due to the new information in the opening thread.
Nobody bought whitewall tires for pickup trucks in 1972.
So, even though it's a bias ply tire, it's most likely a repop bias ply Coker and therefore a newer tire.
March 1992 is my new answer.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2024 Posts: 237 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2024 Posts: 237 | Here we go... https://www.checktire.com/?lang=enActually no way to know for sure. At the youngest it would be 10th week of 1992 and at the oldest anything back to when they first started dating tire manufacturing. Nearest I can find that would be May 1971. So our tire could be the 10th week 1972. It started with a three digit code and changed to four digits in 2000. National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act established a requirement in 49 CFR part 574 dated May 28th 1971 at the youngest my tire is 32 years 7 months 20 days old.
Last edited by MickeyP; 10/22/2024 1:50 AM.
1956 3100 three speed 6 cyl. Stock with a few upgrades.
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