Authentic Radial(?) Tires for 1962 C-10

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This is my first post at this forum. I was given a 1962 C-10 that was partially restored several years ago. For better or for worse, I'm making this truck an authentic reliable driver.

Its time for tires. Since I try to make my cars/trucks as authentic as possible (sorry...I'm an anal retentive purist), I want tires that are close in size to the original 6.70x15's. The easy solution is to contact Coker or Universal or any of the other tire shops and buy a reproduction set. The problem is that I will be using this truck almost every day and I need a well handling safe truck.

There is a radial tire out there that is the same size as the original 670x15, and it's a radial too. Yokohama's 7R15 (it's actually a 700R15). The only weird thing is, its technically a trailer tire. This tire was recommended to me by a friend that is a competent manager of several large tire stores. Even the Tire Rack has a small review by a customer that used this tire for his vintage truck and car.

Has anyone used a tire like the Yokohama 7R15 for their truck? The whole idea is weird and I've never tried it, so if anyone has a comment I'd sure like to hear it.

Many thanks.
Gus C.
Fountain Valley, CA
1962 C-10
Short stepside
235, 3-speed.