AMT/Round 2 Firestone Wide Oval tires

[Monty]

I recently watched a review of the '69 442 kit that showed some very nice white letter Firestone Wide Oval tires.  They seemed to be of the same high quality as the tampo-printed Goodyear Polyglas GTs that come in some of the newer kits.

The Goodyears are available as a parts pack.  Anyone know if the Wide Ovals are, or will be?    

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Saw on youtube a review of a AMT 442 kit with the tampo printed Wide Ovals. 

Well, they are not Wide Ovals, they have the same thread as the Good Years, just with the Firestone Wide Oval lettering on the sidewall. Pretty fake. The Wide Oval has a completely different shoulder design, and a very characteristic thread, the AMT tire lacks. 

 

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Here is a real Wide Oval with white letters:

1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Here is a Wide Oval with pin white line:

1974 Ford Galaxie 500 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

[Casey]

13 hours ago, Monty said:

The Goodyears are available as a parts pack.  Anyone know if the Wide Ovals are, or will be?    

I don't think Round2 has made any announcements yet, but I'm pretty sure they will eventually do just that. IIRC, they included the two different sizes of Goodyear Polyglas GT tires in kits first ('69 Hurst/Olds and '66 Mustang?), then later offered them as a stand alone Parts Pack. Come to think of it, I think they did that for all of the Parts Pack tire sets-- included in kits first, then available separately.