Senior Racer question.....

[Bobby Zlatkin]

I think they were pretty much gone by the mid 60's. I remember they were really skinny. About half as wide as the 7" tire allowed, but they sure did work. Pure oil also sold a butyl tire under their own brand name. More conventional tread pattern

[W J]

Guys, check out ebay item # 150234919306. Shows some Bucrons on front of a old PD car. Surely some whipper-snappers here have never laid eyes on a pair of these babies, ha... WJ

[Adger Smith]

Wasn't there another line of those that didn't wear out as quick or hook as good called plycron??

[Tom Goldman]

Last set I got was in '70 for my '50 Olds. .....The wrapper looked like it was 10 years old then ! .....The Esso guy was glad to sell them for $15 ea! .........8.25x15 , I think was the biggest and it had about a 5 1/2" footprint!..........Now that you started this thread ,I'll be smelling that smell in my sleep!!..........Tom

[Tony Janes]

Esso in Texas?

[mtkawboy]

I recall measuring a set of Bucrons at about 4 inchs wide. Then came the next hot setup, Casler recaps , had a set on our P/S 59 Biscayne 283/185 4 speed !

[RockyJ]

Dang boys i wish you had not started this thread again because now i can smell those tires! Here is the story which i posted some time ago in another post about 60's racing. The mfg of the tires was Standard oil of Ohio .In ohio that was SOHIO ,on the east coast Esso ,part of Rockafellers companies that the gov't broke up. The tires were made for Cadillacs so they would ride smooth . There were some larger than 8:25. I purchased some new from the sohio gas station that i worked for, to put on my 62 impala SS with the 327-300 hp engine and 4:11 gears. Icould leave 2 very long black streaks on any street and you could hardly hear them squeal.
Those were the days.

[RockyJ]

Oh yeah Adger : we also sold Plycrons . hard tires

[Mike Bassin]

Rocky J nailed it. The bucron tire was designed to make luxury cars ride real soft and smooth. Would wear out very quickly, faster than just about any other bias ply tire in its day. When I became an Esso dealer in Md. in 1967 the tires were only old stock, sold a hand full that came with the station. The plycron tire was hard and provided no traction compared to that bucron. I think the bucron was out of production by maybe '64 ot '65. Many were still available til the late '60's or so.