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Offline OKC TURBO

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« on: November 23, 2007, 05:11:17 PM »
what tires are suppose to be on a 1981 turbo trans am goodyear or uniroyl
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Offline OKC TURBO

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« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2007, 06:08:00 PM »
i have been told both uniroyl and goodyear and i am restoring car i need to know for sure 500.00 is alot of money to buy the incorrect tires how can i be for sure?
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Offline RENOVATIONS

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« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2007, 06:11:23 PM »
IS your car the Nascar edition? or...?
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« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2007, 06:14:19 PM »
it is not an SE blue in color
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Offline OKC TURBO

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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2007, 06:15:13 PM »
it is not nascar either
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Offline WarbirdTA

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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2007, 08:24:38 PM »
I bought an 1981 NASCAR Turbo Trans Am, one year old at the time (in 1982), and it had the Goodyears.
I bought a 1981 Special Edition Turbo Trans Am, and it came with the Uniroyals.
I have owned other 1981 Turbo Trans Ams, and Special Edition Trans Ams, and they both came with either tires.
So, I would guess either would be right.
Your build sheet would tell you.

George  8)
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2007, 10:25:26 PM »
build sheet does not tell you i have it so that can be sent to you but there is no info on brand just size
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2007, 09:57:27 PM »
i know there was a indy pace car-- and thought there was a nascar version but im not clear-

ive been through a lot ppl- lol   i thought the nascar version had big bold lettering???
anyone confirm -? a pic maybe??
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Offline ta78w72

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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2007, 10:02:33 PM »
Quote from: Hammer on November 23, 2007, 06:54:50 PM
THE FACTORY USED BOTH TIRE BRANDS IN 1981 so it would be your choice on what you wanted to buy.  btw: Original tires are only original once....and are put on when you buy the car, after that they are replacement tires. Here is my findings that indicates they used both brands of tires as one brand is clearly is not designated but tire sizes were.

You can read it for yourseld at http://www.2gta.com/1981ta.html


Hammer


And the Firestones that they put on my car were only defective once.  The second set I got for free from Firestone weren't defective.  Do you know how great a feeling it is to go buy tires after roughly 10K miles and have the tire guy tell you the tires are defective?  I said "what does that mean?"....he said "you get four new tires, free".  Then he asked about the spare....I had that crummy space saving tire.  He said it was a good thing I came to Firestone because Goodyear would have loved to sell me a new set of tires.  I wonder how many people didn't cash in on the defect?
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« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2007, 10:06:09 PM »
The Nascar Version and the Indy Version were two different years.  The 1980 Pace car was the Indianpolis 500 and the 1981 Pace Car was the NASCAR.
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