Lester Tires

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I have Lesters on the '26 Coupe and they seem to be a quality tire. The

tires were on the car when I bought it in '95 and were far from new then. The

rubber is still reasonably mobile. With the modest driving I have done so

far, the Lesters have been fine. They have a classic look to them that

compliments classic era cars rather nicely.

The "rap" on the Lesters is that they follow the pavement seems and ruts

due to the longitudinal tread pattern. I have yet to put enough miles (nor

are the kingpins in good enough shape) on the '26 to say much about this.

I did have a set on the '39 Caddie when I bought it and GAVE them away.

They DID follow ruts severely and worse, they provided very little traction.

It was easy to skid the tires under braking and crossing railroad tracks

under even modest power resulted in little burnouts. I crossed a set of wet

tracks one time and laid ten feet of rubber under very easy throttle. Not

Good! I replaced them with Wide White Radials and the difference is like the

difference between driving on a sheet of ice vs. a dry Macadam road.

I bought a set of 6.50 X 19 Goodrich Silvertown blackwalls for the '29

and have been very pleased with them. They provide good traction with good

steering and look much like the Diamond tread Goodyears that Hudson put on in

the factory. When the time comes to get the '26 a new set of shoes, I will

look for another set of Silvertowns.







Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

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