another tire question

[Guest marlin65]

OK here's the deal.I have an original un-restored 1960 Corvair.It presently has some very decent but old tires on it,wide-whites (A-78's).The car is used strickly for short trips in town and maybe to a nearby show.I want to replace these tires with new radials if possible,but would take bias ply also.They must be blackwalls,as this is the base "500" sedan and the window sticker clearly states it came through with blackwalls. Blackwalls make it look "plain Jane" as it should.I know all the tire dealers and none offer much choice,whites only.Anyone offer something I may have missed?Thanks. Ed in Florida

[Guest bkazmer]

mount the whitewalls with the whitewall to the inside

[Guest marlin65]

Yes i had to do this on my Corvair van.Found out black dull primer works best.Ed

[R W Burgess]

mount the whitewalls with the whitewall to the inside

............. and use tire black to cover the whitewall on the inside.

[Rusty_OToole]

If you want the original narrow tire look, try the cheapest tires you can get. No kidding, I bought a set of Marshal 791 radials from Walmart for my DeSoto, they are a good 2" narrower than name brand tires of the same nominal size. Also get the highest aspect ratio, like 75 as in R75/13. They used to make 85s but haven't seen them in years.

The Walmart Marshall 791 tires are about the closest you can get to the original look, but they are about 10 times better tires than the 2 ply bias ply 6.00-13's your Corvair came with.