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**Ironangel** · 03-24-2014, 10:10 AM

Heres my take...Micky Thompson's & BFGoodrich T/A Radials were the period correct "creme dela creme" tires anyone could put on their performance related vehicles when these trucks hit the streets. Preceded by Uniroyal "Tiger Paw's" or Coker "Red Line's" ...So I'm going to say this...If you turn your MT's white letter's in, you defeat the purpose and the expense of owning them! Show them baby's off! Now with that said, I just mounted four General 275/70R-16's on "Belle" (My DD/Tow Truck) sporting "period correct" Chrome Smoothies/w Baby Moons and turned the white letters in to make the wheels pop and the over sized meats deliver the full effect of the wheels with truck tires...I say "letters out" for performance, "in" for contemporary truck effect...Heres a couple of pics... "Sally" & "Belle"

Bottom line is what pleases you! Also this. Fat tires, letters out, skinny tires, letters in...

03-24-2014, 10:10 AM	#46
Ironangel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Falls City, Nebraska "100 Miles From Nowhere" Posts: 2,219	Re: So I ordered new mickey thompson tires ? Letters out ? Or blackwall ? Heres my take...Micky Thompson's & BFGoodrich T/A Radials were the period correct "creme dela creme" tires anyone could put on their performance related vehicles when these trucks hit the streets. Preceded by Uniroyal "Tiger Paw's" or Coker "Red Line's" ...So I'm going to say this...If you turn your MT's white letter's in, you defeat the purpose and the expense of owning them! Show them baby's off! Now with that said, I just mounted four General 275/70R-16's on "Belle" (My DD/Tow Truck) sporting "period correct" Chrome Smoothies/w Baby Moons and turned the white letters in to make the wheels pop and the over sized meats deliver the full effect of the wheels with truck tires...I say "letters out" for performance, "in" for contemporary truck effect...Heres a couple of pics... "Sally" & "Belle" Bottom line is what pleases you! Also this. Fat tires, letters out, skinny tires, letters in... __________________ Michael of the clan Hill, "Two Seventy Two's" 71 1-ton Dually 350 4-Speed 71 C/50 Grain Truck, 350 Split-Axle 4-Speed 02 3/4 ton Express 14 Indian Chief Vintage 1952 Ford 8N, "Only Ford Allowed On The Property" "Be American, Buy American" Last edited by Ironangel; 03-24-2014 at 10:19 AM.