Get your snow tires ready

My wife saw this on FB today … a GSX daily driver …. UGH.

 

I had Goodyear Polygas G60-15 snow tires for mine. When was the last time you saw a set of those?

 

Well, I most definitely do not have a dog in this fight! But… I did buy what appears to be a brand new 1972 studded spare tire for $25 at the Nationals one year. Sometime soon, because I’m going to sell my one tire fire 69 Skylark, I am going to do a big Sparky burnout at night. I think that would be fun, and when I do it I’ll add the picture to this thread.

 

That has to be at least from the mid to late 1980's. That level of 'siping' was not around in '72.



I'll give my self a Claven for this...

 

timesublime, I’ll go check it out tomorrow in the daylight. It does say Briggstone on it. I don’t know about those other fancy words because I’ve never lived up north and never dealt with snow tires. The guy told me it was out of his 72 gran sport. What year was the tire? I don’t know, but I’ll check the date code tomorrow. Anyway, I’ve never done a Sparky burn out, and I’ll bet it will do one. Put a little water in the road although I can do a burnout without water in the road. I think it will be cool looking!

 

PS, Cliff Claven knew everything! Love that character!

 

My only knowledge of snow tires. My wife to be, maybe 17 and I was 19, went to visit some friends in Columbus Ohio. It snowed about 6 inches overnight. We were going back to Cincinnati first thing in the morning. She said she would drive because I’ve never driven in the snow. She got us stuck at the first intersection. I told her to get out and get in the passenger seat. I never drove in snow before, but I sure have driven in sugar sand and mud, and they’re pretty much the same thing as snow. We made it back to Cincinnati safely . Crazy woman driver!

 

Winter? Bah humbug! I planted 48 tomato plants today and about the same number of okra plants. I’m planning on going on a healthy diet after the new year. Fried green tomatoes, fried okra, fried baby portobello mushrooms, but I don’t know how to grow them so I have to buy them. Fried cheese sticks. I don’t know how to grow those either. Hell, fried everything. We only go around once in life!
Oh yeah, and Sparky burnouts!

 

My first car was a 71 Skylark 4 door with the straight 6. Very, very rusty even in 1981 but it would still do great sparky burnouts with my studded snow tires.

 

<-------- Made it up Mt. Hood back in 1985, bald Uniroyal tiger paws, no studs.
Ski's fit nicely on the fold down arm rest. No effs to give back then.
There is 2" of fresh this morning and I ain't leaving the house until it melts.
Oh how things have changed.

 

Here's how you know it's going to snow here at Ice Station Zebra..

Afternoon Temps reach the 20's..

Been well below zero every night this week, hovering in the single digits above zero during the day.. but today it warms up, and yes, we are expecting 3-6" of snow.

Predicted then to drop below zero on Sunday again, and not get much above that for the rest of the week.

Current temp 3* F
Wind SE 5mph
Feels like -9 F
Winter Weather Advisory in effect thru Tomorrow afternoon..
1-3" of snow today
1-3" of snow tonight

Good engine building weather, hiding in the 70* shop.

JW

 

"lost fight with train" in my daily 70 skylark with bald bias. back in 87. Should have had snow tires but I was a broke high school kid. I've said it before snow tires are the **** on any car or truck really. Stay safe out there, calling for 3-4" Sat. and 6-7" Sun..

 

In 1967 , I bought a new 1967 GS 400 . My drive to work was 17 miles
and for the winter I put studded snow tires on the car and with the turbo
400 trans, factory switch pitch and 3.55 posi , it would smoke the tires
and also shoot sparks from the studs . Wish I had that one back !!!!!
Bill

 

• Dang you freezing Up North people. I couldn’t imagine it being zero outside nor could I imagine a whole bunch of snow on the road. As you can see from the clock I just took this picture and it’s in the mid 80s. The humidity is 70% and the heat index is close to 90 this afternoon . I’m not complaining. I am wearing my usual outfit. Short pants, flip-flops, and no shirt. Even my guinea pigs are complaining about the heat. The one standing up, yelled at me this morning and told me to put the fan on them.

 

So, I guess I would be speaking a foreign language if I mention "saw-dust retread" snow tires. Or just showing my age?

 

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Hang on, help is commin'