AMT "Red Line" Tires

[MrBuick]

Hey all! I'm thinking of ordering a set of the "Red Line" tires from AMT because I need some for a '67 Corvette and a '69 COPO Camaro and I'm not 100% satisfied with the way my tire decals came out (I struggled to get them perfectly even and I failed on a few and I'm worried if I keep messing with it I'll just mess up the decal). The tires in the kit come in two sizes...F60-15 and L60-15...can someone clarify the difference? Is the difference in the width? If so, does anyone have dimensions? I'm trying to decide if I need 1 or two sets (want to save on shipping so I don't really want to order and find out I need two sets).

[russosborne]

Yes, the F 60 is slightly narrower than the L 60.

Don't have the dimensions, sorry. On real cars in the seventies it was common to use something like the F in front and the L in the rear. But on a factory stock car normally the tires would be the same size all around. Again on the real cars, L60 tires tended to be a bit too big for the fronts.

You should be able to do a Google search on those cars to see what size tires they came with originally.

Russ

[1972coronet]

I *believe* that the 1969 COPO Camaro came with F70-14 tyres . Remember , the COPO's were not based upon the Super Sport models ; the tyres would reflect this .

[Snake45]

I *believe* that the 1969 COPO Camaro came with F70-14 tyres . Remember , the COPO's were not based upon the Super Sport models ; the tyres would reflect this .

Yes, base wheel size on all '69 Camaros except Z/28 was 14x6. Z/28 wheel size was 15x7. 15x7 was also part of COPO 9737 "Sports Car Conversion" package, which could be ordered on any Camaro (except IIRC Z/28, which basically already had it). All the Yenko COPO Camaros also were ordered with COPO 9737.

[1972coronet]

Thanks for the additional info , Snake . I remembered the Sports Car Conversion ; I didn't know that it was specified for every COPO (at least Camaro ; I've also seen that as being on the Chevelle , too). What was the OEM tyre size for the 9737 ? F60-15 ?

[MrBuick]

F60-15          6.50            9.20            25.94

L60-15          7.00            10.50           27.86

If anyone else needs the answer to my question, it looks like they're both wider and taller. These specs are from a factory tire width, but I trust the AMT's should be to scale..I found a good image of the AMT's that shows the difference in height and thickness.

http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-41037708895877/amt-muscle-car-redline-tires-four-f60-15-and-four-l60-15-parts-pack-18.jpg

[Snake45]

Thanks for the additional info , Snake . I remembered the Sports Car Conversion ; I didn't know that it was specified for every COPO (at least Camaro ; I've also seen that as being on the Chevelle , too). What was the OEM tyre size for the 9737 ? F60-15 ?

9737 was its own COPO deal and NOT automatically part of either 9560 (ZL1) or 9561 (L72). Yenko specified it for all 201 of his Yenko Super Camaros, however (which were COPO 9561s).