Senior Racer question.....

JRyan · 01-07-2010, 05:25 AM

Yes the Bucron's were a Standard Oil Deal and were sold around here at Standard and Amoco Stations. But they used to be advertised as Blems in the back of Hot Rod Magazine for years out of some tire company in the Southeast. I could get them up here via Bus for $22 each. I ran them on my '50 Olds, Model A with and Olds, and sold them to other guys around town who were always going to "put gears in" but didn't and then they'd fry their clutches with the tall. sticky tires.

I still have two sets, and they're just as soft today as they were in the sixties. In fact, one set is holding up my '50 Olds while I'm restoring it. The set in the warehouse still has the same air in them as when I brought the car back from Arizona in 1984. I think I've had to put air in ONE of the two on the car since I put it in storage 20 years ago. The regular front tires go flat all the time, but the Bucrons never lose air.

With 4.30 gears, the "allison" trans (4-speed GM Hydro), the Bucrons, and a hopped up '56 Olds engine, I used to race the mid-sixty muscle cars all the time. Of course they'd always want to count to three, but I'd just tell em " Naw, you just go when you're ready". I'd always hook even with the deep low gear in that trans, and would be way ahead by the end of low gear. To me '64 and '65 GTO's were an INSTANT $20.

I changed the car to a Stocker in '67, and it ran the same with either the M&H's or the Bucrons, but the M&H's were on Cragers, so in the interest of being cool, that's what we ran.

Interesting tire, and very intersting that I just talked to an old Amoco dealer today about those tires before I even saw this thread. Pretty ironic.

Jerry

01-07-2010, 05:25 AM	#11
JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 645 Likes: 30 Liked 112 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Senior Racer question..... Yes the Bucron's were a Standard Oil Deal and were sold around here at Standard and Amoco Stations. But they used to be advertised as Blems in the back of Hot Rod Magazine for years out of some tire company in the Southeast. I could get them up here via Bus for $22 each. I ran them on my '50 Olds, Model A with and Olds, and sold them to other guys around town who were always going to "put gears in" but didn't and then they'd fry their clutches with the tall. sticky tires. I still have two sets, and they're just as soft today as they were in the sixties. In fact, one set is holding up my '50 Olds while I'm restoring it. The set in the warehouse still has the same air in them as when I brought the car back from Arizona in 1984. I think I've had to put air in ONE of the two on the car since I put it in storage 20 years ago. The regular front tires go flat all the time, but the Bucrons never lose air. With 4.30 gears, the "allison" trans (4-speed GM Hydro), the Bucrons, and a hopped up '56 Olds engine, I used to race the mid-sixty muscle cars all the time. Of course they'd always want to count to three, but I'd just tell em " Naw, you just go when you're ready". I'd always hook even with the deep low gear in that trans, and would be way ahead by the end of low gear. To me '64 and '65 GTO's were an INSTANT $20. I changed the car to a Stocker in '67, and it ran the same with either the M&H's or the Bucrons, but the M&H's were on Cragers, so in the interest of being cool, that's what we ran. Interesting tire, and very intersting that I just talked to an old Amoco dealer today about those tires before I even saw this thread. Pretty ironic. Jerry