Interpretation ID: nht75-2.3

DATE: 10/28/75

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; R. B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Swan and Woodford

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This responds to your August 27, 1975, request for standards applicable to glass-belted tires with the size designation H78-15 which were standard equipment on a 1973 Ford automobile. Such tires are subject to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 109, New Pneumatic Tires -- Passenger Cars, a copy of which is enclosed.

YOURS TRULY,

SWAN & WOODFORD

August 27, 1975

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Re: Standards for Firestone Brand Tires

This letter is to inquire of any available information regarding standards for the below listed equipment.

Size H-78-15 glass-belted Firestone brand tires; standard equipment on 1973 Ford automobile.

I am particularly interested in a standard as it applies to "blow outs" at 65 miles per hour on an improved road with tires having been driven 14,000 miles. ("Blow-out" occurred in inner sidewall

Thanking you in advance for your cooperation.

C. BRAD WOODFORD