Sounds like they were the tire of choice for the first replacement from the factory tire. Kind of ironic that it's the same situation these days with GM trucks. Most people take off the Firestones and replace them with Goodyear right quick. A little bigger size too just like the F's to the G's on 1st gen Birds. Hey, why not add the raised white letters too? Recipe; Take the order forms and add a little common sense and you have the answer to the question....