Time For 7" Tires Again? - Page 2

Bob Mulry · 12-30-2017, 04:13 PM

How about calling Casler or Bruce's and get some re-caps or go big bucks and get Atlas Bucrons??????

jim powers · 12-30-2017, 06:07 PM

yeah right 7 inch tires on todays stockers, what could possibly happen

Ed Wright · 12-30-2017, 06:28 PM

I don't have a Stocker, so it's none of my business. But, I wonder what would be the point? Wider tires are safer on these fast Stockers we have now.

Jeff Teuton · 12-30-2017, 08:17 PM

Atlas Bucrons !!!!! That was a while back. For it's day, 3.5 or 4 " wide and didn't live long. Who else remembers them?

older racer · 12-30-2017, 08:23 PM

bucrons were first tires we ran back in 65. I remember , most heavy hitters used them, they were soft, for their time was a good drag tire. chevron stations had them is stock , lol. BTW , you could run em white walls or black walls, lol

Ed Wright · 12-30-2017, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

Atlas Bucrons !!!!! That was a while back. For it's day, 3.5 or 4 " wide and didn't live long. Who else remembers them?

We are old Jeff! LOL. Atlas Bucrons are what I started on. I latervran the 7" Firestone slicks on 4" wheels. Keystone gave 4 wheels to class winners at the Spring Nationals, at the old Dallas track (actually in Lewisville) one year. Giving everybody two 4" for the front, two 6" for the rear. I got four 4", those Firestones hooked harder on 4" wheels. The local Firestone race tire sales guy (John Calb) just shook his head when he mounted them.
They wrinkled so bad they pinched the tubes. Got tired of patching tubes, and ran them tubeless. About a MPH faster tubeless anyway.
Good old days. LOL

SStockDart · 12-30-2017, 11:27 PM

We didn't need a tach with those 7" tires......you shift when the car was going straight.

GTOMayhem · 12-31-2017, 07:08 AM

M&H makes a Vintage Drag Slick with 7" tread. 88" circumference would make it 28" tall.

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/styl...00-850-14.html

Rick Thomason
GTOMayhem

troublemaker427 · 12-31-2017, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTOMayhem

M&H makes a Vintage Drag Slick with 7" tread. 88" circumference would make it 28" tall.

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/styl...00-850-14.html

Rick Thomason
GTOMayhem

Jegs/Summit also stock these. They work too!

Bob Mulry · 12-31-2017, 12:46 PM

And don't forget the M & H 120 and 140 compound tires.....

8 PSI on a 4" rim with an 8" long footprint...

The only problem was going though the lights with the rear end wagging like a dogs tail......BUT don't touch the steering wheel to try and fix it, because the rear tires are going straight it's the rim moving from side to side inside the tires...

Just sayin'

PS:
I still can't figure out how I managed to get old??????

12-30-2017, 04:13 PM	#11
Bob Mulry VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Coarsegold, CA Posts: 1,016 Likes: 57 Liked 320 Times in 102 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? How about calling Casler or Bruce's and get some re-caps or go big bucks and get Atlas Bucrons?????? __________________ Bob Mulry 7516 STK A & M Motorsports Last edited by Bob Mulry; 12-30-2017 at 04:16 PM.

12-30-2017, 06:07 PM	#12
jim powers Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: manville nj Posts: 359 Likes: 198 Liked 13 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? yeah right 7 inch tires on todays stockers, what could possibly happen

12-30-2017, 06:28 PM	#13
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? I don't have a Stocker, so it's none of my business. But, I wonder what would be the point? Wider tires are safer on these fast Stockers we have now. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

12-30-2017, 08:17 PM	#14
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 325 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? Atlas Bucrons !!!!! That was a while back. For it's day, 3.5 or 4 " wide and didn't live long. Who else remembers them? __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK

12-30-2017, 08:23 PM	#15
older racer Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 212 Likes: 13 Liked 68 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? bucrons were first tires we ran back in 65. I remember , most heavy hitters used them, they were soft, for their time was a good drag tire. chevron stations had them is stock , lol. BTW , you could run em white walls or black walls, lol

12-30-2017, 11:27 PM	#17
SStockDart VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona, Texan forever Posts: 1,176 Likes: 879 Liked 574 Times in 212 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? We didn't need a tach with those 7" tires......you shift when the car was going straight. __________________ Gary Hansen - SS/FA 4911, B/SA 4911 Last edited by SStockDart; 12-30-2017 at 11:30 PM.

12-31-2017, 07:08 AM	#18
GTOMayhem Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 172 Likes: 673 Liked 22 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? M&H makes a Vintage Drag Slick with 7" tread. 88" circumference would make it 28" tall. https://www.cokertire.com/tires/styl...00-850-14.html Rick Thomason GTOMayhem

12-31-2017, 12:46 PM	#20
Bob Mulry VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Coarsegold, CA Posts: 1,016 Likes: 57 Liked 320 Times in 102 Posts	Re: Time For 7" Tires Again? And don't forget the M & H 120 and 140 compound tires..... 8 PSI on a 4" rim with an 8" long footprint... The only problem was going though the lights with the rear end wagging like a dogs tail......BUT don't touch the steering wheel to try and fix it, because the rear tires are going straight it's the rim moving from side to side inside the tires... Just sayin' PS: I still can't figure out how I managed to get old?????? __________________ Bob Mulry 7516 STK A & M Motorsports Last edited by Bob Mulry; 12-31-2017 at 12:51 PM.