Good point Brian - I recently pulled the spare tire (don't know how old it is, but the tire and rim look un-used) from the trunk of the '78 450SLC, and replaced one rear tire with it. I only set the wheel on the drive, did not drive it (engine is still out). A chunk of inner sidewall has a large blister - looks like it would pop with very little encouragement.
All those good looking spares in these old cars might not be the safety factor we might think they are! > Its important to remember that AGE also kills rubber - its not just > the miles. We don't drive around with 14 year old tires even if they > have 500 miles on them. > > Brian -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the Diesel Benz http://www.venganza.org/
