['68OrangeSunshine]

I bought new tires for my '68 Stepside in 2002, then discovered that after only 25 years and 250,000 miles the old 292 L6 was not getting fuel/air to cylinders 3 + 4, so I put it up on stands and started a rebuild. The project took me 3 years to complete, during which time, I rubbed vegetable oil into the rubber, kept the truck under a carport, with a car-cover on, and special [RV type] canvas tire covers-- when not working on it. After the truck was back on the road with a newly rebuilt 292, it ran fine with not much treadwear, until I had a blowout Thanksgiving weekend 2010. When they saw the date code at Discount Tire, they said that was why the tire failed.