gold line tires

[Motor City]

Hi,

Does anyone make the gold line tires like what was available on mid-sixties Corvettes?  Also, what about the blue line tires?  I remember AMT had a two-sided tire on their '69 Impala kit that was red on one side and blue on the other.

[Casey]

Vinyl Nation makes a bunch of different colored sidewall stripes: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vinyl-Nation-Decals-for-Revell-Goodyear-F70-15-Tires/152942787544?hash=item239c19bbd8:g:zEQAAOSwojRYSerf

[Motor City]

thank you very much, Casey; that would also be useful for some of the mid-sixties AMT kits that came with decal whitewalls

[Casey]

I don't think any company currently makes the blue line tires, and other than AMT's semi-recent redlines, can't think of another source for new tires to purchase.

I see the old AMT red/bluelines pop up on eBay from time to time, so if you set up a watch there, or search regularly, you should be able to find those. It's possible Stevens International released some redlines a few years ago, but not sure. Brett Barrow to the red courtesy phone, please...

[madhorseman]

Are You asking about the NASCAR/TRANS AM Firestones?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6569F-1965-1969-Firestone-Style-10-Stock-Car-Tires-PPP-1-25-Scale-L-K/112819008878?hash=item1a4489756e:g:bE0AAOSwquVaChWz

[Drag Monster]

The AMT Round 2 reissue of Warren Tope's 1973 Mustang has a really nice set of Firestone Gold Line Trans-Am tires. 

[Rob Hall]

I've never seen the '60s gold or blue line tires reproduced exactly, but in decals...IIRC, I got some blue line tire decals from SELtd years ago.  Their are wide white/gold line tires currently available in the AMT '58 Chevy Bel Air, but those are 50s style. 

[Motor City]

Roy and Bill,

I was referring to the optional tires available on certain sporty cars in the 1960s.  As most of you know, Instead of a whitewall tire, a redwall tire was standard or optional on many of the muscle cars.  A goldwall (or goldline) tire was available on the mid-'60s Corvette, and bluewalls (I think they were called Blue Streaks) were available on one or two models.  The lettered tires pictured earlier in the thread were what was used for Indy car and drag racing.