Tire size / Brand / 1972 Plym Fury Suburban

Anyone knows what tire size / brand the 1972 Plym Fury Suburban came with out of factory ?

 

I'm not 100% sure, but I am willing to bet that they were a G-78/15 bias belted tire.

 

I should have taken that bet Mike-T...


L84 X 15 bias belt blackwalls according to the dealer order code guide on the Hamtramck Registry site.
You could get them as an option in bias belted or steel belted whitewalls.

I have no idea who made them but I'll go out on a limb and take a wild guess and say that it wasn't a Japanese, Chinese, or S. Korean tire company.

 

My "guess" would be G78x15 or maybe H78x15. I don't remember a "84" aspect tire BV?? and :confused: I remember 78's and 70's back in the day.

I googled it and found a site with a bunch of cool Fury if'n anyone's interested.

http://www.allpar.com/model/fury.html

By golly, BV is correct, that naughty Hamtramck site does list a "L84x15" for the 3 seat wagons with J78x15 being std on the 2 seaters. I bet the "84" is a typo? :confused:

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/1972PlymouthOrderingInfo/1972_page_86.jpg

 

I missed the two seaters on there.

I looked it it up and there was a L84X15 tire size, some size charts show that the L78x15 as about the same size, it works out to a 235/75R15 or a 225/70R15 size tire.

 

Thanks to all, this exactly what i was looking for.

 

The "R" in that size designates it as one of those new fangled Radiall tires, right? :confused:

 

84 aspect ratios correspond to the old numerical sizes, this might have been designated a 8.50 x 15 or similar previously.
I stand to be corrected but this is my recollection.