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I guess Iām anywhere between 1960 to 1980.
Disclaimer: Iām not saying others have to agree with me, so please think before you verbally attack me.
Most of my cars came with tires as shown for 1960.
The 1970 tire is an all-terrain tire not available before the '80ās and much larger than what cars used in the 1970ās. Might be suitable for Chrisās Honda.
The 1980 tire is a custom size, wider and a lower profile than the optional tire on the 1980 Corvette, P255/60R15. That tire does not represent tires used in 1980.
The last two tires are custom sizes or only used on high performance vehicles.
The OE sizes that fit my 2010 Accord EX are what it came with: 225-50R17, and the LX(base) size 215-60R16.
If my finances and time allowed, I would minus-size to the latter - on Accord LX OE rims of course, for the 2008-10 model years.
What about the over-sized off-road tires in the 1970 picture? You approved of the tires 1960 to 1980 tires.
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Hmmm. I have a picture of my uncle driving the family dairy truck. Wooden spokes. No date. Figured it was in the 30s. Likely not a current year truck. No doors, winter time. Big guy. Probably carried two milk cans at a time.
I was going strictly by aspect ratios - or an approximation thereof in the provided chart.
What about the pre 1920 tires that were a light gray, color and from what Iāve read about, were quite unsafe due to the lack of carbon black, that wasnāt included until about the late 1910āsā¦
Anyway, a fun (probably AI generated) picture with inaccurate info on it to talk about, and it seems to be workingā¦ lol
Low profile tires may actually be dumber than waterbeds were, but we aināt the fastest learners.
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This was just copied from Facebook, I question some of photos. Might be my old eyes but the 2020&2025 tires appear to have the same or nearly the same aspect ratio.
Whitewalls were still common through the 80s. My 86 T-Bird had 205/70R14, when I bought new tires (Cooper) that size was available only with WW, had them mounted with the WWs on the inside.
A popular auto parts chain (Champion) in Minnesota had billboards in the 60s proclaiming the tires of the 70s are here, aspect ratio 50. My 16 year old brain had no clue what that was. Tires were not usually covered in my favorite magazine āPopular Hot Roddingā.
As far as the 1970 tire, Armstrong working this D I c k Cepek might have produced a tire like that in the 60s.
Back up a few decadesā¦.
The 1910 Tireā¦ carbon black got added later in that decade.
Aspect ratio of about 100 pumped to 65 psi
The 1900 tireā¦ tread got added in the middle of that decade.
ā¦ as well as videos on FB. For quite a while, people were posting pics that supposedly showed cars of the ā50s, but in every case, they were AI-generated and did not look very much like the cars that they claimed to show.
More recently, someone is posting videos of luxury cars of the ā50s, and at first glance, they donāt look quite right. What is supposed to beā¦ letās sayā¦ a ā51 Caddy has a grille that isnāt accurate. I have seen a couple of these AI-generated videos where the rear door has a handle, but the body in that area is solid, with no panel gaps between the rear fender and the door panel.
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Yes, have seen those and posts where the car is clearly misidentified. I suspect it is just click bate and scroll by.
One advertisement I did click on offered this, I am a fan of both Cassandra Peterson and Studebaker, just might order one.
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Sensing a problem when they go to mount those wheelsā¦ Dyson around back then?
Yes, it was the carbon black that made the tires safe(r), turning the tires black was just a side effect, as I said earlier, if I read it correctly, before the carbon black was added, the tires had a very short life and very high failure rate, like blowing out in hundreds of mile instead of thousands of milesā¦ And the tires were more of a light gray color that would fade to an off white ish with age, but it should up in the old photos as whiteā¦
Just what I have read, I wasnāt around back thenā¦ lol
More than many may want to know about tires and carbon black:
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Sheād kill me, but Iād go with a smile. 
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The movies she showed were horrible, but she was so funny had to watch.
Being funny wasnāt why I watched themā¦ 
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During those years there was a hosted āCreature Featureā on a Tampa station. Host was Dr Paul Bearer, looked a bit like John Carradine. He, as common at the time for local personalities, would do mall or supermarket grand openings. He would arrive in his āCorpse Devilleā, a Caddy hearse. His girlfriend was one of the attractions at Cypress Gardens, occasionally he would picker her up in his Corpse Deville.
