Posted by Chris Davis on Thursday, October 18, 2001 at 2:01PM :
In Reply to: Tire questions posted by Dave on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at 5:40PM :
My first 4x4 was a 1953 M38A1 (basicaly the military version of the CJ5). It came with civilian tires and I thought the original NDTs would look better, so I hunted up a set and mounted them up.
I lived on a hill at the time. Two days after mounting the NTDs we had some wet snow, hardly sticking to the pavement. I took the jeep down the hill, or I should say it took me.
I had NO directional control. I ended up half way down the hill in the gutter on the wrong side of the street. I put it in 4 wheel drive and spun my way back up to my house, where I exchanged it for my wife's Geo Metro (which handled the conditions without complaint).
Next day I put the civilian tires back on the jeep, where they stayed for the rest of the winter season.
Chris Davis
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