Never hurts to ask

[All Blue ACR]

I have the original tires off my car. I am replacing solely due to age, lots of tread. They have 12000 miles on them. I surely don't need to have them hangin around my garage. If someone wants them, send me a PM.

 

[Lee00blacksilverGTS]

Stick them in the basement, think Barrett Jackson in 20 years. If history is any guide at all this strategy really did pay off for guys with old Corvettes and musclecars.

 

[steve911]

I'll second what Lee says and add one other thing. Bag them air tight you will definately slow the aging process that way. They will look presentable for BJ to put on the car.

I did the same thing on my 69 Z-28. Included 20 year old original tires to the buyer. Got an extra 1000.00 for the car that way.

 

[dave6666]

Be a man. Do a burnout vid with the old ones and post it on youtube.

 

[treed]

I've got mine in the basement, but didn't bother to bag them. I don't think bagging them will make a difference 20 years from now. Either way, I think they will only be good for "show", not "go". They take up a lot of space in the basement, however!!

 

[bluesrt]

ya,burn them somebitcxes off!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Toby]

Here is a decent article on tire storage...

http://www.yokohamatire.com/pdf/tsb-112102.pdf

Personally, I don't think its worth the hassle of storing old tires with the hope the car might be worth a few dollars more 20 years from now.

 

[dave6666]

Another comment on bagging them for storage. More than likely the gremlin you are trying to prevent getting at your tire is oxygen and ozone etc. Most simple plastic bags are polyethylene or some variation thereof, and do not have exceptional resistance to oxygen permeation. In other words, even if you got that bag purged with nitrogen and then heat sealed, 20 years later the bag has oxygen in it. Ultimately you would want a continuous nitrogen purge. Wouldn't that impress your drinking buddies!

Anyway, next time you're slamming a cool one and munching on a bag of Lay's chips, take notice of the material the bag is made of. It ain't like your trash bag is it? It's designed to keep oxygen out and the chips fresh.

Moral of story: Store your old tires in potato chip bags to save money.

 

[Kmrumedy]

They sound like excellent "winter tires' to me Jim. Why not take out of storage early and go for a spin......literally.

 

[All Blue ACR]

Yeah, I should have fried them before I took them off but I didn't decide to re-do wheels until it was white outside.

My car is modded so a purist wanting original tires isn't gonna like my un-original car.... who knows, I may regret not hanging on to them but I have indoor space issues as it is.

I think they're on their way to Florida.

 

[eucharistos]

Anyway, next time you're slamming a cool one and munching on a bag of Lay's chips, take notice of the material the bag is made of. It ain't like your trash bag is it? It's designed to keep oxygen out and the chips fresh.

Moral of story: Store your old tires in potato chip bags to save money.

you can use one of these to get them in your chip bags:

Tire chipper - Patent 5127588

Title:
Tire chipper
Document Type and Number:
United States Patent 5127588

Abstract:
A machine for reducing worn-out vehicle tires to small chip-like particles comprises a frame on which an elongated shaft is journaled for rotation, the shaft having a first and second plurality of rotary cutting blades, each of a different diameter affixed to the shaft so as to be rotatable therewith. Also affixed to the frame is a set of stationary cutter bars whose sharpened edges are disposed within a predetermined close tolerance to the periphery of the rotary cutting blades. A large, massive flywheel is attached to one end of the shaft and is driven by a suitable motor. Surrounding the rotary cutting blades is a shroud which, in turn, suppots an infeed hopper having a spiked drum journaled therein. A chain and sprocket combination couples the infeed drum to the elongated shaft such that when the shaft is driven and relatively large chunks of vehicle tire material is placed into the infeed hopper, it will be forced between the teeth of the rotary cutting blades and hence carried by the rotary cutter through the stationary cutter bars.