14” white lines?

[Fireguyfire]

I’m looking for a set of 14” white line tires to get the perfect stock look on my 1972 Satellite wagon.
They seem almost impossible to find these days.
Does anyone know a source for them?
I’m in Canada which doesn’t help with sourcing some.

 

[Fireguyfire]

Also, what would an equivalent tire size of a factory 1972 size?

 

[CBODY67]

P215/75R-14 would be G78x14.
Hankook Kinergy ST, Nexen, and some VietNamese brands still have whitewalls. Nobody will have them in stock, locally, but my local tire guy said he could have them in a few days when I talked to him in December.

 

[MoPar~Man]

I’m looking for a set of 14” white line tires to get the perfect stock look on my 1972 Satellite wagon.
They seem almost impossible to find these days.
Does anyone know a source for them?
I’m in Canada which doesn’t help with sourcing some.

White lines?

Do you mean white-walls?

I think I was putting 195-75-14 or 205-74-14 tires on my '73 Satellite (4-door) back in the 1990's.

 

[Fireguyfire]

Thin white walls, or white lines are interchangeable terms depending on the maker.
White lines, red lines, red streak, etc

 

[MoPar~Man]

I'd be more concerned that you can get the right tire size first. And you'll be paying 25% more for them now.

Just note- if you thought that the range of tire sizes and brands available in Canada was poor as it is, it's about to get worse.

 

[413]

Look at online tire sellers, many sizes of 14" available. Tire stores don't stock what they don't sell.

I'm not sure about Canada shipping though. Maybe there is an online one on Canada.

 

[CBODY67]

I stumbled onto the whitewall Kinergy STs on Tire Rack. Will they not ship to Canada? Or perhaps to a "willing co-conspirator" just over the border?

 

[MoPar~Man]

I stumbled onto the whitewall Kinergy STs on Tire Rack. Will they not ship to Canada? Or perhaps to a "willing co-conspirator" just over the border?

What's available at retail in Canada depends on what the Canadian wholesalers / distributors "bring in". They only bring-in what moves, and sizes that are rarely used for cars any more are not "brought in". For buying on-line, there's no limit as long as you can pay for it.

I recommend @Fireguyfire check out 1010tires.com - they seem to have a presence in both Canada and US, I think his end costs including shipping might be lower with them vs tirerack. I see they're selling 215-75-14 Hankook Kinergy ST for $140 a tire (don't know if that's CAD or USD). That's for black-wall. The white-wall version is a crazy $245 each.

@Fireguyfire what is the width of your current rims? The bead width. It's either going to be 5.5 or 6 I'm guessing.

 

[MoPar~Man]

I was looking up the specs for a '72 Satellite wagon (www.automobile-catalog.com). We don't know the exact model and engine. Looking at Custom wagon with 400 CID engine, factory tire size was H78-14. A matching metric tire is going to be P225/75R14 or P235/70R14, but I don't think you're going to find any tires that size, maybe Coker has them. You're probably going to have to go to 15" rims to put a proper set of tires on that wagon.

 

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I recently put these on my ‘68 300 (15” version).

 

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I got them through Les Schwab tires (big dealer out here in the west).

 

[CBODY67]

In Tire Rack, the whitewalls were within a few dollars of the blackwalls. NO wild price difference at all.

Agree that having a tire vendor with a USA and Canadian presence is best, if possible. Although, at this point in time, buying strictly from a Canadian source, for Canadian customers, might be the least expensive option. For that matter, buying from a British or Asian source might also be an option?

The OEM rims should be 14x5.5 for sedans and possibly 14x6 for wagons. Optional on B-body wagons were the H78x14 size, which equates to the P225/75x14 newer size.

CBODY67

 

[It's better in a letter]

There is a new tire manufacturer. It is Kontio Tyres in Finland. I have seen a set of them and they look great. Producing 14 and 15s in narrow and wide whites.
Kontiotyres.com

 

[CBODY67]

This is promising news! Even more promising is the larger number of US Dealers, including Summit Racing in Arlington, TX. Only possible "downfall", to me, is that their "narrow" whitewall is about 1.5" wide, which is too wide for a middle 1960s car and later. Otherwise, things look good, to me.

On the "Order" page, that's where the pricing is, in Euros. Google indicates that "1 Euro = $1.03 USDollars". Which still means just over $200.00 USD for a P235/75R-15 tire in the 1.5" whitewall width. Might be less expensive and better build quality than a major US repro tire brand? Whitewalls, blackwalls, performance tires, trailer trires, and highly-studded winter tires.

Thanks for the mention of that new tire brand!
CBODY67

 

[Timsnewporttwin]

Try Diamond Back classic tires. I had newer thin white wall tires on my 65 Newport. Drove me crazy, too narrow and small tire size too. Diamond Back offered correct width white walls and proper size
Made a huge difference in the appearance of the car. Couldn't wait to put those on, even gave car the correct height. Worth checking out