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Posted By Discussion Topic: Blackwalls vs white walls -- page: 1 2     1934 Ford 03-23-2013 @ 5:55 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 582 Joined: Oct 2009 Old arguement, same conclusions. #1 Happy wife, happy life. #2. Blackwalls may be correct, but boring. #3. I'd rather have my whitewalls than a trophy. #4. As the current care taker's of these cars, we should enjoy them and let the next owner make the corrections to win his own bowling trophy with a car on top. 1934 Ford's since 1972 This message was edited by 1934 Ford on 3-27-13 @ 4:21 PM wmsteed 03-22-2013 @ 8:30 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 I'll have to second Tony's comment about the importance of "the wife's opinion".. A good friend of mine recently sold his '37 Ford 4dr slant back.. He had owned it for several years, driving it to many cars shows in the Central Calif area. He felt that people were getting tired of seeing the car. My friend also has a '29 A sedan delivery, a very nicely modified car with Vette suspension and a SBC engine.. He has had the "A" for over twenty years and is thinking about selling it. My friend found several cars that he thought would be a good replacement for the '37, each time he told his wife about a car he was interested in, she Nixed the idea... She finally told my friend that his '37 was in her opinion a "WOW Car",as is his "A", everything he was looking at was just a car like everyone else had.. I learned a long time ago, when a man is looking at parts and/or a car I have fore sale, the minute he says he will have to talk to his wife about the deal, I know that he is not a buyer. Bill 36 5 win delx cpe 42wagon 03-18-2013 @ 8:12 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 586 Joined: Oct 2009 One thing to keep in mind is what you intend to do with your car. If you intend to enter it in fine point judging you should keep in mind that the goal is to have the car look the way it did when it left the Ford assembly plant or dealer. That said I believe you will be penalized for having single sided white walls on a pre 1940 car. You also will be penalized for having white wall tires on a 46 an maybe a 47 car because they were not available at the time these cars were built. wmsteed 03-18-2013 @ 8:06 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 Opp's... that did not work to well.. I'll try again.. The attached pix was taken in 1959 when the car had '37 Desoto bumpers and Firestone whitewalls. Bill 36 5 win delx cpe wmsteed 03-18-2013 @ 8:01 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 I guess I should have incorporated the old adage," a picture is worth a thousand words" in my response to the tire sidewall thread.. Attached is three pix showing the evolution of my '36 since '53... Bill 36 5 win delx cpe TomO 03-17-2013 @ 5:43 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7385 Joined: Oct 2009 Tony, There are only 3 opinions that count when you want to make cosmetic changes to your car, your wife's, your wife's and yours, in that order. Tom 37RAGTOPMAN 03-17-2013 @ 2:45 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1992 Joined: Oct 2009 My 1937 with WHITE WALLS I would not have it any other way, this is at OWL'S HEAD TRANSPORTATION MUSUEM,MAINE check out their web site, if on a vacation be sure to check this out, also the SEAL COVES ANTIQUE CAR MSUEM,this is up by BAR HARBOUR,MAINE 2 Great ANTIQUE CAR Musuems. MY 3 Cents, 37 RAGTOPMAN supereal 03-17-2013 @ 10:27 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 It is interesting to note that when tires were originally invented, they were usually all white, tread and sidewalls. Later, to combat sun damage, carbon black was added as a protective agent. During, and shortly after, WWII, tires were stamped "35 MPH" because they were made with less actual rubber, a scarce war material. When the late 40's arrived, most cars had whitewalls as part of a dealer added package. Cars were in heavy demand, and it gave dealers a boost in profit. They were usually "wide whites", with 3 inch bands, still popular with those of us with cars of the era. TonyM 03-17-2013 @ 9:16 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 464 Joined: Sep 2010 When I bought my 1937 it came with blackwalls. I fully intended to switch over to whitewalls when I bought new tires. After some time with the blackwalls I have found that I really do like the way they look. So I am going to buy tires in June. Now I am hem-hawing over whether I should buy blackwalls or whitewalls. I like both. The wife has now chimed in without any prompting or previous discussion and she came out for whitewalls. Still trying to decide. TM Here is a photo with blackwalls. . . . 78-73B Stroker 03-17-2013 @ 8:43 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1460 Joined: Oct 2009 Like Bill, I've had "custody" of my 38 since the 50's. When Dad drove it, it always had blackwalls, and I've had a couple of sets of single white's since. I kind of view tires as "consumables", and to me the logic of insisting upon a 30's car having the exact tire configuration as originally equipped would imply that I ought to drain out the Delvac, and fill the crankcase with Veedol 30 wt, which I still have a case of. Even my 07 vehicle does not have the horrible OEM tires, nor the same brand of battery it came with.

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