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[Carol Dee]

We used a yellow Scotch Brite and mild soap when I was an auto-body detailer. The blueing should come off pretty easy & you don't want to abrade the tire too much. It'll just hold dirt better down the road (literally! )

You crack yourself up again1

 

[Beekissed]

I used to turn my whitewalls inward too...too much trouble to keep them clean and nothing looks worse than a dirty ol' whitewall on a car. If I had a vintage car that never saw much road time, I'd do the whitewalls, though, simply because they were and are and look good that way.

 

[seedcorn]

Some religions use to frown on white walls-too showy, worldly. So companies for a short while charged more for black walls since everyone wanted the white pin stripe. That didn't like paying more so they had the tires put on inside out. Now the "illegal" tire was legal.

 

[valley ranch]

I installed a full set of UNIROYAL white walls on Smiley Ford when I was in high school, cost me $42 including tax.

 

[Smart Red]

$42 won't get Nyboy through the tire store door. Even one of my garden tractor tires was more expensive that that.

Pray tell us more about Smiley Ford.

 

[valley ranch]

Greetings, Smiley Ford ,named by girls at high school, had a chrome bar grill set under a 1951 hood creating the look of a smile, Smiley a 1949 Ford two door sedan with Frenched headlights, skirts, Mercomatic transmission, chrome window frames, Lowered slightly in the back, glasspack mufflers the exhaust tips, chromed, exiting just in front of the rear wheels. The pant job was Synthitic Enamel specialy mixed color light purple/ blue. Deep blue dash. The painter, Johnie Camarano ,had a booth at Uncle Mike's garage.

Oh, and Appelton teardrop spotlights in the front, turned down on the hood.

 

[Nyboy]

@majorcatfish are you saying my tires are knock offs LOL I know nothing about tires bought them for looks . Blue did wash off, bought heavy duty jack last night. Any chance of a photo of smiling ford?

 

[valley ranch]

I do have photos of Smiley, but no at our present location. Maybe when we return I'll dig them out.

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On a side note: We, wifey, the girls, wifey's mum visiting from Australia and myself, went to the National Automobile Museum, Reno, Nevada the other day. It is amazing! It is a great part of Harrah's Automobile Collection. It is well worth seeing.

 

[Smart Red]

Greetings, Smiley Ford ,...... had a booth at Uncle Mike's garage.

Oh, and Appelton teardrop spotlights in the front, turned down on the hood.

Smiley Ford sounds well loved. That is a good thing! Also sounds a bit like a money pit, but love is blind to such things.