10 year old tires ok for highway driving?

when i got my duster i wanted to get it on the road for as cheap as possible till i decided what to do with it. it still had bias plies. had been off the road for many years. my buddy came through with a real nice gas tank and some high performance firstones on rims that he pulled off this girl's dart when he junked it for her. i think they were about 5 years old but 3 of them looked like they were driven for a few weeks tops. the 4th had some funky wear due to alignment. cool. i got it on the road took it for a blast down the highway it was great no vibrations or anything. wife and i go to take it out the following day, im backing out of the driveway and somthing is thumping in the front end. she gets in i take off slowly and am thinking, what can that be. BOOM tire blew out.