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products vintage tires and unicycles revenue unknown operating income unknown net income unknown number of employees unknown website www.cokertire.com coker tire company is a chattanooga tennessee based company that manufactures and sells vintage style michelin firestone bf goodrich and uniroyal bias ply and radial whitewall tires for collector automobiles . though coker s products retain the appearance of the old tires by using the original refurbished molds or new molds built from original drawings the tires are made with modern materials . coker tire was given manufacturing rights by the original tire brands and also has acquired many different tire molds of the original obsolete tires they manufacture . coker tire also offers wheels for collector vehicles . contents 1 tires 2 wheels 3 memorabilia 4 bicycles and unicycles 5 references 6 external links tires edit coker tire sells its own brand of bias ply and radial tires called the coker classic but it also offers a number of popular brands such as b.f.goodrich firestone u.s. royal michelin vredestein excelsior and american classic in both bias ply and radial construction . coker tire is the leading source for firestone deluxe champion tires as well as b.f.goodrich silvertown tires . many of the tires are exact oem replacement tires for a wide range of vintage makes and models . coker also sells modern radial tires manufactured with whitewalls redlines and other sidewall treatments built for many applications . by using refurbished original molds the tires are authentic to the originals while the modern manufacturing procedures and materials offer safe and reliable driving characteristics . coker tire s president corky coker has searched the world for discontinued molds that can be rebuilt and used for modern tire manufacturing . on any of coker s tires with custom sidewall such as a whitewall or a redline the particular sidewall treatment is actually a part of the manufacturing process instead of manufacturing a tire then applying the sidewall treatment after the fact . in 1994 coker tire released a radial tire with a wide whitewall which was a first of its kind . coker now sells many brands that offer whitewall radial tires and distributes a modern radial tire that has the narrow tread profile and distinct shoulders of a vintage bias ply tire . these tires are very popular with enthusiasts who want the vintage look with the increased driving comfort of a radial tire . coker tire also has a performance division which sells mostly drag racing tires . coker sells phoenix race tires m & h racemaster pro trac hoosier pro street radials and select firestone vintage tires through its performance division . coker has also developed a line of firestone indy tires built for a variety of vintage indy cars . coker tire also sells what they describe as the largest bicycle tire in the world at 36 inches in diameter . other unique offerings are its tires for vintage trucks and military vehicles as well as its vintage motorcycle tires . 1 wheels edit coker tire sells wheels and wheel accessories for a wide range of applications . most of its offerings are steel wheels designed to replace worn out oem wheels on makes such as chevrolet ford pontiac oldsmobile mercury chrysler buick volkswagen and many others . coker also offers oem wire wheels for buick cadillac chrysler packard ford model a and ford thunderbird but also offers custom wire wheels for hot rods . coker sells custom wheels for hot rods and other modified collector vehicles . an in house machine shop is responsible for custom wheel manufacturing for brass era style vehicles which use clincher mounting system and other antiquated forms of tire mounting . coker is also a distributor for rocket racing wheels and dayton wire wheels . hubcaps trim rings valve stems and other tire and wheel accessories are offered by coker.coker proudly advertises that it will provide free mounting and balancing if customers buy tires and wheels together . memorabilia edit with official licensing for michelin vintage products as well as firestone vintage products coker tire sells automotive memorabilia in addition to its tires wheels and accessories . metal signs neon clocks and poly resin figurines are available items . coker also sells die cast vehicles and other collectible merchandise . bicycles and unicycles edit coker markets the following bicycles wheelman a penny farthing with a 36 inch 910 mm wheel in front and a 12 inch 300 mm wheel behind ; 2 cruiser style bicycle with 36 inch wheels called the monster cruiser ; 3 two touring style unicycles called the big one and the v2 each with a 36 inch tire and wheel combination . 4 5 references edit casey coker cunningham . 2009 coker cycles catalog . retrieved 2010 06 18 . coker wheelman . retrieved 2011 05 21 . coker monster cruiser . retrieved 2011 05 21 . coker the big one . retrieved 2011 05 21 . coker v2 . retrieved 2011 05 21 . external links edit coker 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