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If they still offered 245/50/16 Gatorbacks, would you buy them?
09-09-2014, 07:24 AM
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Not for long!!!
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09-09-2014, 10:51 AM
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Kumho tire is allegedly building a tire manufacturing plant up the road from me... They've got a giant lot laid out and a road named after them heading to it, but that whole project has been on hold for 5 or so years now.
Wont help the gatorback situation, though.
Wont help the gatorback situation, though.
09-09-2014, 01:24 PM
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Yes, lots of tire companies making tires in America. Just not many AMERICAN tire companies left making tires in America. Goodyear and Cooper are all that's left. And Cooper almost was purchased by an tire maker in India last year.
09-09-2014, 03:15 PM
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Re: If they still offered 245/50/16 Gatorbacks, would you buy them?
More from John Kelsey:
I asked:
Are they at least being seriously considered?
He responded:
"Yes. This will be a key size in the future. Again, I wish I had dates for you."
I asked:
Are they at least being seriously considered?
He responded:
"Yes. This will be a key size in the future. Again, I wish I had dates for you."
09-09-2014, 03:19 PM
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To which I responded:
"Let me know when you might have some idea of timing. There may be immediate interest in at least a couple hundred sets of them."
"Let me know when you might have some idea of timing. There may be immediate interest in at least a couple hundred sets of them."
09-24-2014, 02:49 PM
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Charlie - I wonder if they are even doing any R&D to make these or he was humoring you. I could really use a new set of shoes on the TTA.
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09-24-2014, 03:29 PM
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02-14-2015, 11:00 PM
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TTT. We currently have 134 people waiting for them. Perhaps we should start another round of emails to them.
02-15-2015, 01:31 PM
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Let's flood their FB page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelse...55617384474292
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Re: If they still offered 245/50/16 Gatorbacks, would you buy them?
Why???Except for originality, again I ask why would you want to run Gatorbacks? I am original owner of an '87 and one set of Goodyear's was enough for me. Back in the day I ran nothing but Dunlop D40's. I have the receipts for the 10 or so sets I put on the rears. Could never figure why the rears wore out faster.....also, curse the engineer who decided to run front/rear wheels preventing rotation! Please explain the reasoning,thanks.
02-15-2015, 01:59 PM
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Why???Except for originality, again I ask why would you want to run Gatorbacks? I am original owner of an '87 and one set of Goodyear's was enough for me. Back in the day I ran nothing but Dunlop D40's. I have the receipts for the 10 or so sets I put on the rears. Could never figure why the rears wore out faster.....also, curse the engineer who decided to run front/rear wheels preventing rotation! Please explain the reasoning,thanks.
Didn't we already go through this about 5 or 6 pages back?
02-15-2015, 02:35 PM
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Also, those Dunlop D40s you keep bringing up, haven't been available for many years in our size.
02-16-2015, 09:44 AM
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Re: If they still offered 245/50/16 Gatorbacks, would you buy them?
Why???Except for originality, again I ask why would you want to run Gatorbacks? I am original owner of an '87 and one set of Goodyear's was enough for me. Back in the day I ran nothing but Dunlop D40's. I have the receipts for the 10 or so sets I put on the rears. Could never figure why the rears wore out faster.....also, curse the engineer who decided to run front/rear wheels preventing rotation! Please explain the reasoning,thanks.
Why they did not just make the rear axle 1/2" narrower is beyond me.
You can use 4 fronts if you wanted to.
02-20-2015, 01:10 PM
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I would like to see a set of these on my 89 formula 350 vert !!
02-20-2015, 08:05 PM
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Flood of 3 now
05-24-2015, 03:55 PM
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I would totally be down! I wish you could get a new set of them today. The Eagle ZR50 Gatorbacks were the first "performance" "low profile" tire that I ever remember seeing when I was growing up.
05-24-2015, 07:25 PM
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This is pretty funny. The thread is 3 years old, in that time reproductions for the Mustang have come (and gone?) and still no VR50 or ZR50s for 16's. It's not looking too bright. Maybe it'd be easier to convince another manufacturer just to make a modern tire in a 245/50V or ZR16.
05-25-2015, 12:12 AM
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This is pretty funny. The thread is 3 years old, in that time reproductions for the Mustang have come (and gone?) and still no VR50 or ZR50s for 16's. It's not looking too bright. Maybe it'd be easier to convince another manufacturer just to make a modern tire in a 245/50V or ZR16.
05-25-2015, 08:16 AM
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Would be nice to have a set or 2 of them 4 sure..
05-25-2015, 08:53 AM
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Re: If they still offered 245/50/16 Gatorbacks, would you buy them?
I'm at the point where I really need 2 sets... Not sure what the delay is, I really wish they were available by now. Has anyone contacted Coker or anyone else to see if they'd be interested in making these?
05-25-2015, 09:40 AM
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I'm still in for two sets.
05-25-2015, 06:04 PM
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I would buy at least 2 sets! Whenever I see a third gen with Gatorbacks on it, I am always impressed by that. It's all about the details for me, and these tires are so distinctive and so strongly associated with our cars in my mind. If anyone hears that re-pops of them are being sold, please let me know!
05-25-2015, 06:12 PM
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I could not wait any longer.
I just ordered a set of the Indy 500 Wide Oval summer tires.
My tires were hard as a rock and driving the TTA was dangerous. I figure its cool having Indy 500 tires on a pace car at least.
I just ordered a set of the Indy 500 Wide Oval summer tires.
My tires were hard as a rock and driving the TTA was dangerous. I figure its cool having Indy 500 tires on a pace car at least.
05-26-2015, 09:56 AM
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I emailed this thread......AGAIN....to Kelsey.
05-27-2015, 08:40 PM
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For anyone waiting on their repro. goodyears, I will say the Indy 500 Firehawks are a great interim tire. We had a monster rainfall around September 7th(?) last year and they had no problem with it for a "summer" tire. I put 40+ miles on them daily and they've been great over the last 9 months.
05-28-2015, 07:46 AM
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05-28-2015, 08:41 AM
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Some tires will give you no warning, others will start to get lumpy, I had a 15 year old set of BF goodrich tires that one was always a bit bouncy, I had it balanced and it never fixed it... one day the tread decided to separate... fortunately I was only going 25mph... Interestingly it still held air.
If you feel a constant lump in your tires, time to let them go.
I have seen 6-8 years MAX on tires before you change them... I guess it depends on if you are driving highway or just around town under 35mph too going to a show...
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05-28-2015, 03:45 PM
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Agreed... When I had my ES100s removed they were 11 years old... When I looked inside, they were still perfect. The CRAZY thing was the company that took them off literally told me they might sell them because they looked like new....
Some tires will give you no warning, others will start to get lumpy, I had a 15 year old set of BF goodrich tires that one was always a bit bouncy, I had it balanced and it never fixed it... one day the tread decided to separate... fortunately I was only going 25mph... Interestingly it still held air.
If you feel a constant lump in your tires, time to let them go.
I have seen 6-8 years MAX on tires before you change them... I guess it depends on if you are driving highway or just around town under 35mph too going to a show...
John
Some tires will give you no warning, others will start to get lumpy, I had a 15 year old set of BF goodrich tires that one was always a bit bouncy, I had it balanced and it never fixed it... one day the tread decided to separate... fortunately I was only going 25mph... Interestingly it still held air.
If you feel a constant lump in your tires, time to let them go.
I have seen 6-8 years MAX on tires before you change them... I guess it depends on if you are driving highway or just around town under 35mph too going to a show...
John
I like the little logo too. Its one of the reasons I ordered them.
05-29-2015, 07:16 AM
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Agreed... When I had my ES100s removed they were 11 years old... When I looked inside, they were still perfect. The CRAZY thing was the company that took them off literally told me they might sell them because they looked like new....
Some tires will give you no warning, others will start to get lumpy, I had a 15 year old set of BF goodrich tires that one was always a bit bouncy, I had it balanced and it never fixed it... one day the tread decided to separate... fortunately I was only going 25mph... Interestingly it still held air.
If you feel a constant lump in your tires, time to let them go.
I have seen 6-8 years MAX on tires before you change them... I guess it depends on if you are driving highway or just around town under 35mph too going to a show...
John
Some tires will give you no warning, others will start to get lumpy, I had a 15 year old set of BF goodrich tires that one was always a bit bouncy, I had it balanced and it never fixed it... one day the tread decided to separate... fortunately I was only going 25mph... Interestingly it still held air.
If you feel a constant lump in your tires, time to let them go.
I have seen 6-8 years MAX on tires before you change them... I guess it depends on if you are driving highway or just around town under 35mph too going to a show...
John
05-29-2015, 09:06 AM
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I had my original Gatorbacks on my car for about 21 years. They looked good, but they were hard and I was afraid to drive them on the highway.
05-29-2015, 09:51 PM
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I still have 2 of the original tires off of one of my 89 formula 350s...
06-01-2015, 09:50 AM
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08-13-2015, 03:11 PM
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Well, I'm hoping they make progress on this... I'm now in a situation where I can either be financially responsible and sell the original tires (if they're even worth anything) or pay for storage in a city ($$$!). The cost of storage for two years will easily buy a set or two if Kelly or whoever finally decides to reproduce them. I'd hate to part with them, but would feel better if I could find some Good Year Eagle F1 GS-D3s. At least the sidewall and fit of the tire would be the same.
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I would like to get 2-3 sets..
09-03-2015, 11:00 PM
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Anybody have a ballpark idea of what a used set of Gatorbacks with about 15000 miles on them would be worth? I've decided to sell mine; the value they'd add to the car if I sold it would not make up for the amount it'll cost to rent a storage facility in the city for a few years.
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Anybody have a ballpark idea of what a used set of Gatorbacks with about 15000 miles on them would be worth? I've decided to sell mine; the value they'd add to the car if I sold it would not make up for the amount it'll cost to rent a storage facility in the city for a few years.