Re: Opinions of radials on late 30's and 40's Packards

Posted by Craig the Clipper Man On 2016/9/12 11:45:48

I run American Classic whitewall high-profile radials on my Clipper. At first glance, they look just like bias ply tires. Handling, braking, and cornering are very good.

On to the topic of cleaning whitewalls. I am intrigued by the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I have tried Simple Green with so-so results and Bleche White, which works well. I once saw a guy take Ajax to his whitewalls, which I thought was nuts.

One of the more interesting things I have seen was a guy detailing his 1966 Lincoln Continental with ... Windex! I didn't believe it at first; I thought maybe he was using a detailing solution in the Windex spray bottle, but no, it really was Windex. He told me that Windex works very well as a detailer because it is mostly water with a little bit of ammonia, which cleans but does not take off wax or damage paint.

That was certainly a cheaper solution to detailing than some of the expensive detailers I have used!