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Well, I've successfully encountered ford patterned baldness on my LTD, it's acurring around my rear tires. My RR tire has contracted it and now only has maybe 1/32 or 2/32 of tread left....

What brand of tires would ya'll recomend for my situation (18 yr old that has a too good of a time on the road.) or at least some that don't burn as easily.


pictures will come later...

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

If your just gonna spin them away, I'd buy the cheapest you can find. Maybe even go with used tires.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

i used to do the burn out thing all the time in high school... back then i had 33" mudders on the LUV with a 600HP aluminum rod SBC. then i lowered the truck down and got into street racing... where "If you're spinnin' you ain't winnin'!!!"

now the only burnout I do is 5 seconds in the burnout box before each pass. Yes I am getting to be an old fart.

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1978 LUV Truck 2WD
450 "Small Block" Chevy
3.70 Ford 9
28x10 Goodyears

Just try to avoid recaps, those caps like to come off when you cook em off real good. Don't ask me how I know....

http://www.craigslist.com and look for city in your area. I see a lot of tires/wheels show up there cheap or free. You might also check with junkyards in your area. There is one yard I go to that has a huge pile of tires/wheels for $5 a piece.

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95 Isuzu Trooper Daily Driver
86 Isuzu Trooper reliable backup
77 LUV 2wd stock beltway blaster (resting)
79 4x4 LUV project: 2.6L, 5spd, 31s (eventually)

MEPR: Man, my 4x4 makes all other LUVs look good

I'm expecting to get new ones, after I put wider wheels on the back and put my two free vette' mufflers on (with true duals of course), gotta do some nick-nack stuff to it now, carb's leaking a bit of gas, need to take some more trans fluid out. BTW, the whole loss of power deal was just the vac. advance wasn't getting vaccum cause of a thermal valve, bypassed it and now it runs GREAT, no misses like it used to. Need to change my rear axle oil too, put new batt. cables on w/ a new batt., fix my p/s leak, new valve cover gaskets, minor stuffs.

I don't have any place locally that does recaps, I know a guy that used to though... my g/f's dad roasted a set in front of his shop in his 67' galaxie (with a 390 ) cause he didn't beleive that he was peeling off the tread after only 1500 miles, gave him the best cap he had and bet him $20 and a new set of tires he couldn't pop em', he's still got that set of tires on the car.

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

Kinda reminds me of when I was in high school. I had a 70 el camino with a pretty decent 350. I went through tires like people change socks. One trick I learned was that if I had the stereo up to a moderately loud volume I couldnt hear the motor. If I didnt have the radio on or not loud enough to cover up the sound of my motor it was full throttle I think I just liked the way it sounded or something. so try that it worked for me especially when gas jumped up 1.40 a gallon thats when I put in a bigger stereo system.