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Re: genuine Ford tire

Post by 17thAirborne » Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:36 pm

Finally spoke with coker and they said the last time they did something like this it was an order for 100 tires. I have a call in to RFJP to see if that is something he wants to entertain. Otherwise we would need 20+ GPW owners to commit to a set of 5 to make this work.

Shipping is always a problem. I live 2 hours from Coker, but they still need to get to the end user. If all the regular suppliers took 25-50 tires each the price might be reasonable.

More to follow.🧐
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Re: genuine Ford tire

Post by Humvee1 » Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:50 pm

70th Division wrote:
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Humvee1 wrote:
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They are everywhere!
Hello,

Wow that looks like a treasure find of a jeep with a Ford tire still on the rack !!!!

A pics of the jeep ?



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Re: genuine Ford tire

Post by 70th Division » Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:34 pm

Humvee1 wrote:
Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:50 pm
70th Division wrote:
Sun Mar 13, 2022 5:41 pm
Humvee1 wrote:
Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:37 pm
They are everywhere!
Hello,

Wow that looks like a treasure find of a jeep with a Ford tire still on the rack !!!!

A pics of the jeep ?



Best Regards,
Ray
Wow !!
Thanks for posting the pictures,
What a pair of beautiful Jeeps, with original markings still !!

They are really beautiful, and I see one has that rare early aircleaner on it still


Outstanding !

Best Regards,
Ray

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Post by Humvee1 » Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:42 am

Thanks Ray

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Post by hochkiss » Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:14 pm

I would like 2 sets of 5

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Post by 17thAirborne » Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:58 pm

I did speak with Ron just now. He will look into this and get back with me. I have nothing else to offer regarding information and will not speak for him. I'll post what he reports, and perhaps he or Bill will post on this thread, or somewhere else if he decides to enter into some agreement with Coker. Again, I'm just fascilitating a discussion among the "players" and will then extract myself from the process and sit in the wings and wait, like you all, if anything positive develops.

IF nothing comes of this, Coker said they had previously dusted off Ford tire molds (different size/configuration) for a vintage Ford club who ordered 100 tires. I am not saying they would do so again, but perhaps as part of the 2023 Annual MVPA convention there could be a sizeable order placed well in advance with a delivery from Chatanooga to wherever the convetion is. This would of course require some sort of pre-payment or financial obligation before they would do something like this. Just thinking out loud here.

For now I'll go radio silent unitl I hear from Ron either way.
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Post by 70th Division » Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:58 pm

Hello Oz,

Excellent work !!
Lets hope we can get something good going for the hobby !!

I would order 2 sets as well, for Ford Script jeep projects.

I also really like their Firestone tires, and have 3 sets of them now for WW2 jeeps, and recently bought a set of their NDCC Firestones for my M38A1.
As I get to my next jeep, I plan to order more Firestones.

They are real works of art, and much appreciated !!!

I got the NDCC Cokers from Jegs, with free shipping, plus a $50 discount on the order !
I have a Goodyear order pending with them now as well.

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Post by Bill H. » Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:42 am

Oz, the only input I have is tires are a bulky item that takes up a great deal of space. For the space they take up the profit off them is minimal compared to other less bulky items. Of course I can't speak for Ron but I do know he's been approached to handle tires a number of times in the past and after crunching numbers decided against it.
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Post by 17thAirborne » Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:23 pm

Thanks Bill,

I will speak with Coker and see if they have a minimum number of tires for a production run on these, then I'll go from there, perhaps with a joint MVPA effort or something else. I would be open to taking 100 tires to the 2023 MVPA show but under no circumstances would I get into the tire shipping business individually or in sets of 5. I certainly understand the issue with storage of tires and the small profit margin.
In the end it might just be an exercise of convincing COker to add them to their regular Firestone and GY line. I think if we showed them how many documented owners there are the might see thie benefit of doing a run.
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Post by 70th Division » Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:10 pm

Hello Oz,

The best way if they will make them, is to have their current large vendors like Summit and Jegs handle them.

Jegs has the best deal on current Coker Firestones, as well as Goodyears.

They offer free shipping as well, and usually summit does offer free or reduced cost shipping.

My last 3 tire orders was via Jegs , with FREE shipping, and earlier tires from Summit, where with free shipping as well.
Summit once had MD Juan combat rims, with free shipping.
I got 1 set, but they stopped carrying them.

They both carry Cokers full line of awesome tires.

They are a great source and vendor !!

Keep up your good efforts !!!!

Best Regards,
Ray

I will take 2 sets of Ford tires !!
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Post by Richard Grace » Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:05 am

Ray, this is the first time I have heard of the "Ford" brand tires going to Cuba. The story I heard years ago was "Ford" brand tires were built in Ford's own tire plant in the late 30's and early 40's for their passenger cars. When they converted to jeep production they just added the NDT tread to their existing tire carcasses. In late 1942, FDR gave Ford's tire plant to the Russians. There is a photo of the employees of the tire plant, dated Dec.1, 1942 with the last tire off their line hanging from a hook (a 600X16 NDT)and the employees gathered around. The molds were crated up and shipped to Russia and some G.I.s returning from Russia after the war reported seeing the crated molds rusting away on a wharf over there. There is no record of the Russians ever producing a tire. There are photos accompanying this story and I'll try to dig them out.

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Re: genuine Ford tire

Post by 70th Division » Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:31 am

Richard Grace wrote:
Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:05 am
Ray, this is the first time I have heard of the "Ford" brand tires going to Cuba. The story I heard years ago was "Ford" brand tires were built in Ford's own tire plant in the late 30's and early 40's for their passenger cars. When they converted to jeep production they just added the NDT tread to their existing tire carcasses. In late 1942, FDR gave Ford's tire plant to the Russians. There is a photo of the employees of the tire plant, dated Dec.1, 1942 with the last tire off their line hanging from a hook (a 600X16 NDT)and the employees gathered around. The molds were crated up and shipped to Russia and some G.I.s returning from Russia after the war reported seeing the crated molds rusting away on a wharf over there. There is no record of the Russians ever producing a tire. There are photos accompanying this story and I'll try to dig them out.

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Hello Richard,

It was the Firestone molds that went to Cuba.
Not the Ford ones.

The only reason I discovered this was my friend in France bought some Cuban made NDT 6.00x16 tires in the early 1980's in France, and they clearly showed all the Firestone markings defaced, and made in Cuba added .

I will get a picture and post it here.



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Re: genuine Ford tire

Post by Old Pal » Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:53 pm

I’d be in for 10 tires.

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Post by hochkiss » Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:19 am

I too would be in for 10 Ford tires
I know of others also interested!
Good luck!

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Post by Agha Mohd Hasan » Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:27 pm

I need 5 'Ford' marked 600-16 tires.


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