eBay Find: This Amazingly Preserved Set Of Four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires Date To 1964!


eBay Find: This Amazingly Preserved Set Of Four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires Date To 1964!

It is not often that we run stories about old tires here at BangShift but this is a set of rubber that is unique, interesting, and is unused even though they were manufactured 51 years ago and intended to be bolted onto something that was going to really haul some ass on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The seller claims that these are 250+ mph tires and to us that means there were only a handful of vehicles on Earth that they would have been intended to be used on in 1964. Were these intended to be in the possession of Art Arfons when he was on the salt in October of 1964 with the Green Monster? That is not too far our of the realm of reason.

Someone has had these Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires in a pretty nice place for 51 years because they are not all dry rotted and screwed up. In fact, they look perfect and the tubes look even better than that with the original factory markings on them and all. The paint pen markings and writing on the tires is cool because it is still present and clear as a bell to read. There is some irony in the fact that these tires were supposed to be spun harder and faster than virtually any on Earth in 1964 and in more than half a century they have not so much as turned 10mph on anything!

A find unlike any other. Now, who has the $2,000 to get the bidding started?

Because the auction is ending today, we’re including the text right here: 

This is a NOS set of four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires with Firestone Bonneville Racing Tubes.  Date coded Sep ’64.  One tire had been mounted but never run. The remaining 3 tires and tubes have never been mounted.  The valve stem on the mounted tube has to be replaced.   The tires are perfect with original stamping and casting flash rubber still intact. No dry rot or cracking. These are 250+ mph tires. Probably will not see another set like this again, not many left in new condition.  Ignore shipping estimate,  shipping will be actual or could deliver to Hershey or TROG

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eBay Find:  Set Of 1964 Vintage Bonneville Racing Tires


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4 thoughts on “eBay Find: This Amazingly Preserved Set Of Four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires Date To 1964!

  1. Willi

    Those are worth every penny of the asking price and almost certainly still very usable for land speed race cars. Interest may have been low because Bonneville racing could be a thing of the past, with the salt flats being mined to death.
    I just bought a set of same diameter tires (700 x 18) for my land speed roadster – Dunlop R1s with tread, for dry lakes racing. About $1,000 apiece, including shipping, inner tube, shaving and mounting.

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