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- Dec 17, 2013
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- Location
- Houston,Tx
- My Car
- 1971 mustang Mach 1, 429CJ, J Code SOLD 3/2016
1971 Boss 351 Mustang
Medium Yellow Gold
From Kim Miller Collection
I was recently coming back from a car show and the old 429 wanted to go from a gallop to a quick run! I noticed that I was getting a lot of vibration which I interpreted as out of balance tires.
I decided to investigate and I determined that my tires were 11 years old. The tires have less than 1k on them since they were put on at the time the car was restored. I know they have participated in numerous "burn outs" (not by me) because I saw my car on video. It was on the "American Muscle Car" show back in 2004.
Bottom line, I was not willing to take a chance of the tires flying apart and damaging my car so I replaced them today.
You might want to check the date code on your tires. There are different recommendations on when to replace based on age. Mine exceeded all of them.
I did save one just to use as a spare....not for the trunk but for someone to bring to me just in case! I will be looking for an old Magnum 500 now.
I decided to investigate and I determined that my tires were 11 years old. The tires have less than 1k on them since they were put on at the time the car was restored. I know they have participated in numerous "burn outs" (not by me) because I saw my car on video. It was on the "American Muscle Car" show back in 2004.
Bottom line, I was not willing to take a chance of the tires flying apart and damaging my car so I replaced them today.
You might want to check the date code on your tires. There are different recommendations on when to replace based on age. Mine exceeded all of them.
I did save one just to use as a spare....not for the trunk but for someone to bring to me just in case! I will be looking for an old Magnum 500 now.