Murieta said:
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Whitewalls really are (were) pretty much an "American thing," whether they were on American cars or "imported" cars. ... the relatively few wide whitewall radials ...
At that time, whitewall said "Firestone" or "Goodyear". Black said "Michelin " or "Pirelli Cinturato". That was before the global homogenization of everything when there really was a difference. I wonder if the early European radials even came with whitewalls.
I don't think that the pre-focus group advertisers realized that there was a market for European tires as well as cars. After all, they probably drove Chrysler Imperials or 4-door Lincoln convertibles. Perhaps we are reading too much into the advertising pictures.
Tom