Quote Originally Posted by NTFDAY View Post
Many moons ago, 1962 to be exact, I bought a 40 Ford 2dr sedan and it had Pirelli 5.50 or 5.60 /15"s up front and I believe Firestone 7.75/15"s or some such size out back. It handled fairly decent for a straight axle and when the Pirelli's wore out I replaced them with Firestones and what a difference and not for the better. I don't know about today, but in earlier years a lot of the exotics out of Italy and Europe came with Pirellii's, not Michelin's, as standard. Michelins's are good tires, I just don't care for them as I believe they are over priced.
Can't argue with you, Ken, but in the size I want the only choices are the Firestone's (made by Coker) and Michelin. No one else makes a 145R15, anywhere in the world that I can find. I went with 4.5" wide front tires, so going to a shorter, fatter tire is simply not going to work for me. I agree that Pirelli makes some great tires, just not in my size.