habberdasher
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- Mt Pleasant, SC
Would it just be used to mark wherever that car was so an approaching driver/pedestrian would know?[huh]
Big Man said:... have the car painted again (it's a little faded with some rust spots right now).
Mr. 'H' said:Is that the original color? What color would you re-paint it?
David Conwill said:Regarding bias plies, I think they're the only way to go. I just can't stand the look of low-profile tires (yes, even 75-series) on a Golden Era car.
Thunderbolt said:I've seen tires that are radial but have the tread pattern and look of bias plies. Take a look at coker tires. It seem like every year the tire industry creates new looks for tires that cater to the auto enthusiests (sp). For new Caddys they make white wall tires and the new mustangs have the old red stripes style avalible. I agree, low pros have no business on cars prior to 1964.
I just went through the exercise of helping a friend select wide whitewall radials for his '59 Corvette. After searching high and low, we were unable to find radials for this car with an aspect ratio higher than .75. Given that the original 6.70X15 tires on this car had an aspect ratio of at least .84, the 75 series radials just wouldn't look right.
Malachi Throne said:While not exactly "Golden Era", this is my '54 Pontiac and '65 Chevy truck. The flathead straight 6 in the Poncho will run 65-70 mph all day. Tranny's a 4 speed Hydromatic. The truck is a work horse, 292 straight 6 with a crazy amount of torque. Put a 1960 hood on it, made the grill and '58-'59 headlights. Long tube headers with 1.5 inch no muffler, straight pipes make it go "rat-a-tat-tat!"
1*Cool*Kitten said:it's always been a "normal" or "standard" to retain the original color of a vehicle simply for the fact that it's "cost effective!"