Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2008/2/24 20:02:51

No, the bead surface was pretty good. Well, once all the rust was removed!

One thing I found interesting was out of the 5 rims I had 1 was red, 2 where white, 1 was body color, and the other was black. But all of them were originally painted black on the back side and black on the inside tire surface.

I did make sure that there were fully primed and painted inside and out.

One tip that Dan Yocum suggested was to get metal (brass/chrome etc) valve stems so if the full wheel covers start to migrate, they wont bent like rubber stems will and cause problems.

I will let the paint cure on these over this week, and then go get some new tires for them next weekend. I still need to buy 3 more tires. I have two brand new tires I bought to move the car. So those will get remounted, and I will try to find 3 more of the same brand/model. Basically just inexpensive thin white-wall tires (215/75r15) that I got at WallyWorld.

Those will do right now until the car is much further along.