Today, for the first time since acquiring my 64 8 years ago, I took the spare tire out of the trunk and took off the spare tire cover. I was heading for the tire shop for tire balancing and decided to see if I had a good spare tire. I was pleasantly surprised to find what I think was the factory installed spare. I would like to verify this but I don't know what brand of tires was put on these cars at the factory or exactly what width white wall was used. Clearly this tire has never been on the road and from the looks of the wheel, I doubt it's ever been out of the trunk before today. Please take a look at these pictures and give me your impression. Was this a factory spare tire or a new tire put on at the time the original set of tires may have been changed? The car has 38K miles on it and this is well documented by service records. So in my mind, it has probably had at least one set of new tires put on it by the original owner before I got it and put the radials on. When I got the car it was still wearing 9.15 bias ply tires but I don't remember the brand name or whitewall characteristics. I could not make out a date code and maybe they didn't even date code tires then???
Here are some pictures. What do you guys think?
Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
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Re: Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
I'm pretty sure that's the original spare tire. Still got '64 'air' in it.
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Re: Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
Tire date coding was mandated for the US in 1971.
Prior to that most manufacturer's had a date coding system. But is wasn't the same from manufacturer to manufacturer.
Tires typically has have a service life of 4 to 6 years. Beyond that they are questionable. The tire you have is likely older than that. So it is just a show piece and nothing more.
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Prior to that most manufacturer's had a date coding system. But is wasn't the same from manufacturer to manufacturer.
Tires typically has have a service life of 4 to 6 years. Beyond that they are questionable. The tire you have is likely older than that. So it is just a show piece and nothing more.
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Re: Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
Phoenix - Yeah, it's hot, however it's a dry heat
2006 Lincoln Navigator Limited 5.4l 3V
1996 Lincoln Mark VIII 2DR Coupe Diamond Anniversary 4.6l DOHC, 4R70W, 3.07
1970 Continental Mark III Triple Black 460 4v, C6, 2.80 (Used for Woodward Dream Cruise or just generally stored in Michigan)
1966 Lincoln Continental 4DR Convertible 462 4v, C6, 3.00
1966 Mercury Park Lane 4DR Breezeway 410 4v, C6, 2.80
2006 Lincoln Navigator Limited 5.4l 3V
1996 Lincoln Mark VIII 2DR Coupe Diamond Anniversary 4.6l DOHC, 4R70W, 3.07
1970 Continental Mark III Triple Black 460 4v, C6, 2.80 (Used for Woodward Dream Cruise or just generally stored in Michigan)
1966 Lincoln Continental 4DR Convertible 462 4v, C6, 3.00
1966 Mercury Park Lane 4DR Breezeway 410 4v, C6, 2.80
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Re: Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
Here is an article on Goodyear date coding.
http://anghelrestorations.com/uploads/3 ... s_v1.3.pdf
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1996 Lincoln Mark VIII 2DR Coupe Diamond Anniversary 4.6l DOHC, 4R70W, 3.07
1970 Continental Mark III Triple Black 460 4v, C6, 2.80 (Used for Woodward Dream Cruise or just generally stored in Michigan)
1966 Lincoln Continental 4DR Convertible 462 4v, C6, 3.00
1966 Mercury Park Lane 4DR Breezeway 410 4v, C6, 2.80
2006 Lincoln Navigator Limited 5.4l 3V
1996 Lincoln Mark VIII 2DR Coupe Diamond Anniversary 4.6l DOHC, 4R70W, 3.07
1970 Continental Mark III Triple Black 460 4v, C6, 2.80 (Used for Woodward Dream Cruise or just generally stored in Michigan)
1966 Lincoln Continental 4DR Convertible 462 4v, C6, 3.00
1966 Mercury Park Lane 4DR Breezeway 410 4v, C6, 2.80
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Re: Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
This post describes the size of the whitewall on an original spare.
https://www.thelincolnforum.net/phpbb3/ ... ll#p382849
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Re: Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
Yep, that's an OEM Good Year Power Cushion 915 X 15. My family had a brand new 64 Sedan and it was Power Cushion equipped. A very popular OEM tire at the time.
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Re: Factory Tires 1964 Lincoln Continental Sedan??
My 65 still has the original spare tire, also never used. It's exactly the same tire, Good Year Power Cushion.
The tire rubber is rather sticky to the touch and still has some of the blue protective stuff on the whitewall. I doubt the tire would be any good at all to be actually used as a spare unless it had to be used only for a very, very short distance at low, low speeds.
The tire rubber is rather sticky to the touch and still has some of the blue protective stuff on the whitewall. I doubt the tire would be any good at all to be actually used as a spare unless it had to be used only for a very, very short distance at low, low speeds.
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