Re: Tire Shopping for a '54 Clipper
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2015/7/20 23:51:08
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This is something I'd like to see. Never have to worry about matching ww widths when you have to replace one tire. I've never seen it done, though. It might look striking if done right.
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I don't know what came with my car, but IMO wide white walls looked very good on the Reinhart bodied cars.One of the main reasons that this look works for me on these cars is the front wheel well radiuses set off the tires so well... and vice versa.
I want my Clipper to remain "upwardly mobile".
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JW wrote:
Blackwalls, small wheel covers, and trim rings could be most attractive.
I have a set of NOS small Clipper wheel covers. I was going to do this on my 55 Clipper, but never got around to it.
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This is something I'd like to see. Never have to worry about matching ww widths when you have to replace one tire. I've never seen it done, though. It might look striking if done right.
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58L8134 wrote:
My two cents, for what its worth, is buy good quality blackwalls, then fit your wheels with full wheelcovers which look very much like what most cars did when your '54 Clipper was new.
Wide whitewalls were the province of hardtop, convertible and luxury car owners, folks that drove good, sensible, solid-color sedans rode on blackwalls. If they wanted a bit of flash, full wheelcovers were enough.
Steve
I don't know what came with my car, but IMO wide white walls looked very good on the Reinhart bodied cars.One of the main reasons that this look works for me on these cars is the front wheel well radiuses set off the tires so well... and vice versa.
I want my Clipper to remain "upwardly mobile".
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