What Monzas came with white letter tires?
Ken (mahoy78spyder) explains: … On that 79 “Take It To The Limit” Monza Spyder ad, you can clearly see that the tires say “Firestone – Steel Belted Radial”. You can also see these same white letter tires used in another ad, the 1980 “The Anatomy of a Spyder” Monza Spyder ad. Here’s the rundown on what I’ve seen in the “majority” of Monza publications (whether it be dealer brochures, magazine ads, or articles) 1975 – dealer brochures (two different ones offered that year) did not show any white letter tires. This was a wierd year for the white letter tire. Looking back through probably 30-40 magazine articles I found only a handful of examples of 1975 Hbodies with white-letter tires. Road & Track featured a “General Steel Radial”, another article featured a “Goodyear”, while the June ’76 issue of Hot Rod clearly shows a California 350 Monza with “Firestone Steel Belted Radial” tires. *shrug* That blew my theory that those Firestone’s didn’t appear on the Hbody until ’77. 1976 – Anothe
