[tnplumber]

I grew up in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio. As a small kid in the mid seventies, I remember a lot of muscle cars on my block having a brand of raised letter tires named "Big Boss" Anyone remember these? They must have been "mandatory" in the burbs. I can't find anything about them on the web. I hope I got the name right.

 

[doug 371]

no...but my friend had playboy's lol

 

[west]

the only big boss tires i know of are for trucks and industrial use
http://www.americanpacificindustries.com/catalog/brands.php?id=43&product_id=ROCK+LUG+E3/L3

 

[tnplumber]

no...but my friend had playboy's lol

Wow, Did you see any boobies? lol lol

 

[flyboy01]

For me, in the Detroit ares, it was Mickey's. Everybody had to have a pair of big ol N50 Mickey's. I had a 70 Mustang with a big hood scoop and a set of N50's. I was damn cool, lots of thumbs up. ;D

 

[superbinder]

I have a streaker G-60 14 Must be a 70's tire, I guess. Dang, I tryed to post a pic, said it is too large

 

[Capt_Jack]

I remember the bosses. snagged an old set from a friend, then proceeded to burn them down in a matter of weeks.

the Super Sport Stones were the hot ticket around these parts. hardest compound ever...gripped for sh!t. nice smokey burnouts though

and I loved the way they looked on my old Cougar
(hey, I was young and stupid...ok?)

 

[coors00]

(hey, I was young and stupid...ok?)

I used to wrench for bfgoodrich in the early 70's; I bought a set of T/A's, 11" of tread, for a 55 chevy, 396, 425 hp I had just put together.
Talk about sticking- The first time, I wrung off the lug studs, car sitting on the street with 2 big tires packed up in the fenderwells. Fixed that.
The 2nd time I revved it and popped the clutch- I pulled the top of the rear shocks clean through the trunk floor, and broke the munci cluster gear, shifting at 3000 rpm.
Had to sell it for $400 to pay a divorce lawyer. Man, I miss that Belair.

 

[coors00]

PS, those TS's where better than Boss or MT, but twice the price. I had to put them on employee credit.

 

[acpat]

I had the greasy protracs (used) and burned and burned and burned, God they were impossible to kill. I sold them to a friend who.yep burned and burned

 

[doug 371]

no...but my friend had playboy's lol

Wow, Did you see any boobies?  lol  lol

maybe..... ;D

 

[dangerdawg]

big boss..........sounds familiar.

 

[bigdog440]

never heard of them. pro trac was the ones back in the day around here. maybe they sre being remade by another tire company, pro trac was bought by cookier.

 

[rharveysr]

Did a little looking around and found that a company called American Pacific Industries made a tire called Big Boss...Never could fine a picture of them.

Rick

 

[coors00]

I think they died before computers and search engines where around..

 

[Blue]

Never heard of them. The only big tyres you could get over here back in the early '70's were General Grabbers, 'orrible things......

 

[The Bald Guy]

I grew up in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio. As a small kid in the mid seventies, I remember a lot of muscle cars on my block having a brand of raised letter tires named "Big Boss" Anyone remember these? They must have been "mandatory" in the burbs. I can't find anything about them on the web. I hope I got the name right.

 

[georgeo945]

I grew up in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio. As a small kid in the mid seventies, I remember a lot of muscle cars on my block having a brand of raised letter tires named "Big Boss" Anyone remember these? They must have been "mandatory" in the burbs. I can't find anything about them on the web. I hope I got the name right.

Those Big Boss tires were sold by Goldblatt‘s department stores in the Chicago area. In around 1978, I bought a pair brand new with mounting and balancing for I believe under $100.00 for my 1970 Barracuda. They eventually ended up on my 1974 Dart Sport. Whatever company made them also made 50, and 70 series tires…all bias belted.