The tread pattern is for rain channeling and, uh, legal purposes. The grooves are also quieter at an angle. For a tire that is all about cornering, the more solid the rubber (less grooves) the better the adhesion. Grooves and sipes on a dry surface impair adhesion due to more tread flex.The tires, I don't get that thread pattern but I guess you chose well.
Would be shame to get them dirty on the road, wouldn't it?
Enjoy
looking pretty good. just my opinion though. ditch the hub caps ASAP!! Nothing wrong with rocking steelies.after having some body work done and a new paint job. Just not sure what to do with the bumpers.....paint 'em black or rip out and do a bumper mod. Next step is the interior as the seats, carpets, and especially the dash (see 4th photo dash damage) need work. Here's how the old Bird is lookin' now. One step at a time we're getting there.
Mike
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...fired her up for the first time!
Blue 1980 5-speed. Picked her up last August for $200 with all of her faults and was told she hadn't been started in a number of years. The radiator had been pulled out (and torn up) in a previous attempt to tow her by attaching the tow line to the radiator bracket. The brake pedal went to the floor without effort and the ignition switch had been attacked by a chisel. But she was cheap and had the best body I'd seen for the price.
So, after a couple of months replacing the bearings, brakes, ignition switch, speedo cable, radiator, and other assorted bits, as well as giving her an oil change and some new coolant, the moment of truth came.
I wanted to see if she'd even turn over, so I didn't add any clean gas to the 1/8 tank already there. She fired-up on the third cranking attempt! And then, seeming to spite me, gas spewed from the cold-start line all over the rear lid. That line was quickly replaced. She ran well, but rough, and the exhaust smells of gas. I'm not sure if one of the cylinders is firing, so I replaced all the plugs and plan to replace the wires in the near future. The Chilton book has the wrong firing sequence, which was soon discovered, but the WF helped me make things right.
I'll probably fill up her tank with some clean fuel, and then she'll probably need to go back to sleep until spring is here. I may post a fuller account on the WF since I still have many questions and few answers.
Its been awhile since I've seen you post... hope all is well.
A couple of things... Can you write up a sticky or give us some insight on how we can support or use the BEST OF WIKI system. I sure would like to see that better utilized... Don't mean to cause you a bunch of work... but it would be a great contribution to this site, and mankind overall!
My turn. :headbang:
My garage looks like a terrorist lite off a IED in it. :eat: