Here is today's conundrum. Looks like there were two different styles of the infamous Firestone 500 Radial.
My original spare and two of the unmounted tires are dated 18th week of 1973, confirming their original equipment status.
The NOS spare tire and honeycomb rim are dated 40th week of 1973, possibly a spare for the 1974 model year.
Note that the early 73 tire has a white "F" logo and the later 73 tire has an embossed black "F" logo.
Anyone out there have an early "F" Firestone 500 GR70x15 or two they want to sell? These came on Corvettes, too so if anyone knows any Vette guys out there, please forward my request.
