Senior Racer question.....

[W J]

Can anyone here tell me when, or about when, Atlas stopped making the "Bucron" tires that many of us used in "stock" classes way back when?? Thanks. WJ

[Jack Matyas]

By the late sixties they were gone.........

[Jeff Teuton]

I think it was the mid to late 60's. Great race tire, butyl rubber, soft. Life expectency was extremely short on non-race cars hence they disappeared.

[Adger Smith]

The last 2 that I bought was out of an old service station (Esso?) in late 68. They were the only thing I could get to begin to hook on my 67 Vette, besides some Marsh recap slicks.

[W J]

Originally Posted by Adger Smith

The last 2 that I bought was out of an old service station (Esso?) in late 68. They were the only thing I could get to begin to hook on my 67 Vette, besides some Marsh recap slicks.

Yes, Adger....I believe Esso was the sole distributor of Atlas tires....at least all mine came thru a Esso station as well. Thanks. WJ

[Bobby Zlatkin]

I think they were pretty much gone by the mid 60's. I remember they were really skinny. About half as wide as the 7" tire allowed, but they sure did work. Pure oil also sold a butyl tire under their own brand name. More conventional tread pattern

[W J]

I do remember that they were real nasty on rainy, wet roads if you ran them on the street, but they worked quite well as a drag tire on my '57 270hp Chev w/the wider Sta. Wagon wheels...maybe 1962-3 was when I last ran them on that car and before long Marvin came along w/his M&H "Superstock" tire that really got the job done for many people back then.... WJ

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by W J

I do remember that they were real nasty on rainy, wet roads if you ran them on the street, but they worked quite well as a drag tire on my '57 270hp Chev w/the wider Sta. Wagon wheels...maybe 1962-3 was when I last ran them on that car and before long Marvin came along w/his M&H "Superstock" tire that really got the job done for many people back then.... WJ

My recollection was different; I remember them being very good in the rain. They also did not squeal when spun if I remember correctly. Cut down on the tickets.

Goodyear had a butyl tire also. They had a regular tread unlike the two big grooves I remember in the US Royal tire. I had a set on the front of a 63 Plymouth I had in the late sixties. I can’t remember how I got them but they were not as big as I wanted for the back so I used them on front because they were so good in the rain.

Bill

[W J]

Someone else told me tonite that the Amoco stations sold the Atlas Bucron tires as well.....Anyone have any luck running that Amoco "white" hi-test gasoline they had available back in those days? I remember running that occasionally, but mostly the Sunoco 260, and even some "280" was available for awhile...at about 40-45 cents per gal., ha....WJ

[mtkawboy]

Ives recaps were good back in the day too. I ran them on the street on my 327 57 Vette. Pray that you didnt get caught out in the rain they would swap sides of the street in an instant. Atlas Bucrons were expensive too, about $20 each {at the time anyway}