Reply to "MT 26x12-15 Rear Tires"

I can speak for the BFG. It has been trouble free and is relatively inexpensive.

If you use BW criteria, then both are too large for the 8" rim.

I have not had issues with that with the BFG. The MT is a LT, or a light truck tire.

The walls will be stiffer.

On a Pantera if you run cold air pressures of 35psi, you are not going to have issue with rolling the tire off of the rim.

The best tire for your rim would be the P7r 285-55-15. You can get them and they are NICE TIRES! But I paid $275 each for mine and now IF you want them are like $400 or $500 each.

Both the BFG and the MT are really nice looking tires.

You can find good old stock but the dry rot issue on them can not be understated.

You simply will not see it on a brand new old tire until you are about 30 miles down the road and the side wall has blown out.

It's a shame but it's the truth.

It is ironic because I know there are some here that saw guys 10 or 15 years ago running in vintage racing with original tires from the '60s and didn't get killed or wreck the car?

Also there aren't many recappers left here in my neck of the woods but they had no issue at all in recapping old cores for cars.

I will say that the truckers still use them and the sides of the interstates are littered with treads that were thrown off of the core.

It definitely is something to think about.

I have the MT on my list for the rear of my Pantera this year. Hopefully Santa will come soon. I refuse to give up my original "full gusset" 10 in Campis. You just don't find those things around every corner. Not even in Italy. Cio!