1967 Firebirds on a railcar
 

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Firestone Wide Oval tires can tell by location of the red or white stripe

Cool picture.

You think those might be coming out of Los Angeles since that's some of the area of Southern Pacific Railroad?.....Joe

Cars on the middle deck are convertibles you can see the silver foil covering on the tops

Not in 1967. As far as I know, 67 Firebird's were built in Lordstown. I believe Van Nuys started building them in 68.

Joe the Saying of the Railroad Car distribution managers was:
"Next Load ANY-ROAD"

as in any Available empty Road Name (i.e. Railroad).

There was a somewhat of an Obligation to Load any Foreign Road MT's to produce a mileage Billable lading vice returning it EMPTY to the Home (i.e. Owning Road)

Imports from Long Beach (Eastbound) to Midwest and Domestics from Midwest to Westcoast, Money Money Both Directions.

I thought we had a cool thread on Railcar loaded with "Muscle Cars-ish"

Jim

Correct.

Thanks for all the information on 1967 Firebirds. I did not know that. Never really followed them. The only Firebird I ever owned was a 1969-1/2 Tran Am....Joe

Ever think about that name wide OVAL - what an odd bit of marketing. At a time when tires were not really known for great quality overall to name a tire an OVAL not round is an interesting choice of words

That’s a nice choice (looking back ) of the one bird to have owned- but funny you chose a model that didn’t sell well and wasn’t really well received at the time.
Was it a RAIII or RAIV ? Options ?

Did you own it back then or much later ?

They were referring to the cross section, not the circumference.

I don't remember much about it. I bought it in 1981. It was at the Pontiac dealer here in Tucson...on the back lot. It had been stripped. I gave 100.00 for it...Joe

^^ Could the marketing Firestone Guy be thinking of the Racing Oval Tracks,
just a random thought, we would need to look at some vintage ad prints , but I like your ironic thinking,,,,he he he

Something to note is how few have a rally wheel. Ratio of steel/ hub cap wheels to Rally is probably about right for the year…

Good idea -

K

----The early Wide Oval F-stone stripes pictured were farther out in this picture than the originals. They (Firestone) may have already known about the problem and were doing damage patrol. Later the stripe was even closer to the rim!...Bill S