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Originally Posted by 65snake
On ERA407 I had Bill Boards "Goodyear Vintage Sportscar Eagle Cobra Tires" (26.5 x 8.0-15) front part #478-2546 at JEGS and (26.5 x 10-15) rear part #478-2547. Great for shows and short local trips. But these are not suited to long trips and they do hunt and follow seams. I started taking much longer trips with the local Cape Coral Cobra Club (2 to 3 hundred miles) and changed over to Goodyear Eagle GT ii Radial TA 295/50R15 rear and 245/60R15 front. Don't think you can get these anymore unless from vintage tire dealer (read EXPENSIVE). Probably would go to BFGoodrich for long road trips.
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Assuming some readers are not tire savvy...
Billboards are NOT DOT approved for road use. They are bias ply tires. As such they are more susceptible to sidewall damage. The risk is that if you are in a wreck and your tire blew out it's a target for a law suit since your tires are technically not street legal.
On the other hand, remember that Ken Miles ran those same tires on the Mulsanne Straight at almost 200mph...
I was offered for a ridiculously low price a set of billboards and asked the guy why he was changing and he said "worst tire I ever drove"...