Thanks for the responses, it's been a busy couple of days. My mother was involved in a head on collision while driving my 4 yr old son home to me. A woman decided to use the southbound lanes of Route 1 to go north and struck my mom's stopped car. When my mom tried to step foot out of the car to exchange information, the woman pulled back into her travel lane and hit my mother's driver's door, pinning her leg against the door frame. Some people should not breed. Everyone appears to be ok but sore, but Blacklick is not going to happen this year.
rwmastel - i think he'd prefer a type of tire normally available for the car - michelin, pirelli, continental, dunlop, etc. Not Bridgestone (Japanese and owns Firestone), Kumho, Hankook, etc. Does not need to be original pattern, but near the right size and pattern for the car.
mdsalemi- This is a familiar problem for me. I also have a 6.9, which uses 215-vr70/14 tires normally - try finding those. I appreciate what you said about available tires, I was hoping someone on this board had direct experience with some of the tires I mentioned and could tell me about them.
Robert