there's a guy in ballarat that does red walls (or any color you like)

you just take your car to him and he'll do the red walls with the wheels still on the car, so you can use any tyre you like then

Look more 60's to me.

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Originally posted by cloudy
After driving with crossplys on my pontiac I would never have them again ,they follow every line in the road like train tracks very dangerous with light pwr steering, I went for whitewall kelly navigators radials ,completely different car to drive.

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Yeah Im hearing a few stories like that, were you using crossplys or the Polyglas tyres back then? They're construction is different.

I've been doing some homework.

Goodyear Polyglas were optional equipment in US cars from late 68 to 74 according to alot of US forums I've been reading. Most people say they handled a whole lot better than standard bias/cross ply tyres because they were a step up in technology with 2 x bias ply and 2 x radial ply and used fibreglas belts instead of just fabric.

Still nowhere near as good as radials but apparently the old bias/cross ply didnt compare to the Polyglas back in the day.

I rekon they look about right for the era but not sure what to buy yet.

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Originally posted by RigPig
I'm trying to stay away from the usual BF Goodrich redlines that alot of people use on HQ's and go for a more 70's look even if not totaly correct for a 74 HQ.

Thinking about these Goodyear CUSTOM WIDE POLYGLAS
http://www.nttyres.com/s...t&id=muscleleftmenur11c0

F70/14 with .350" red stripe and I think the F70 is equivalent to a 205 width.
They're a mixture of bias and radial technology and seem to be a late 60's to mid 70's era look.

Are they more of a 60's tyre or do you guys think they'd look ok?

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Greetings, The standard tyre on a 74 GTS was an ER70H14 blackwall radial. From 73 on the rag tyres were no longer fitted to GTS models and the redwall was also gone. They were still a very obscure option though. The LJ GTR Torana was the last Holden to feature a redwall as standard fitment (B70H14 cross ply). Any modern design 205/70 radial would be fine for your car. HQs with the paint stripes and redwall tyres just don't look right and Holden thought so too. The tyre in the picture is way cool but not for a 74 HQ.

look out, the guru is coming through...

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Originally posted by RigPig
I'm trying to stay away from the usual BF Goodrich redlines that alot of people use on HQ's and go for a more 70's look even if not totaly correct for a 74 HQ.

Thinking about these Goodyear CUSTOM WIDE POLYGLAS
http://www.nttyres.com/s...t&id=muscleleftmenur11c0

F70/14 with .350" red stripe and I think the F70 is equivalent to a 205 width.
They're a mixture of bias and radial technology and seem to be a late 60's to mid 70's era look.

Are they more of a 60's tyre or do you guys think they'd look ok?

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Greetings, The standard tyre on a 74 GTS was an ER70H14 blackwall radial. From 73 on the rag tyres were no longer fitted to GTS models and the redwall was also gone. They were still a very obscure option though. The LJ GTR Torana was the last Holden to feature a redwall as standard fitment (B70H14 cross ply). Any modern design 205/70 radial would be fine for your car. HQs with the paint stripes and redwall tyres just don't look right and Holden thought so too. The tyre in the picture is way cool but not for a 74 HQ.

look out, the guru is coming through...

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Hey git, yeah I was aware of that fact but I just like the look of the redlines.
Looks good with barbados green I rekon.
I've given up on the Polyglas idea though, sounds like a handling nighmare.

Thanks

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"I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood" (George Carlin)

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