Re: [HSS] Lester Tires

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Hudson29@aol.com wrote:

>

> 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

> Fullerton, California USA

>

I'll go along with your comments on tread patterns, this would be the

only poor design feature of the Lesters, having just straight grooves

longitudinally around the tread. Any cross-ply tyre will "tram" along

grooves in the road, it has nothing to do with tread pattern. Lucas

tyres have a good tread pattern, but I have had bad reports of their

wearing qualities. The main reason I went for the Lesters was their 6

ply rating and full ballon 650.19 size, as the 7 pass. sd is a heavy

car, and 4-ply tyres are just not good enough for the back wheels.

Geoff.