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The seller sent me a photo of the tires he's shipping next week. 600R-16 Radials. 3 3/4 wide white walls. Can't wait to get them mounted. The paint shop should have the rims ready by then.

Steve,

That looks good! 3.75 wide ww's will look very nice. Less than that look too "modern" for the car. Just my 2 cents, of course.

I'm sure you decided to change the wheel color. But I can't recall what color
you decided on???

Just curious....

Bill.

I had the local Dupont paint store scan a part and experiment in matching the paint. They said it will be very close to the same look...we'll see. It will be green like the rest of the car. Photos coming soon.

Steve,

I'd think the green match would be right on. And then add a couple of stripes in a contrasting color and you'll be all set. Gold, or maybe silver, stripes would probably look real good. Regardless of whether either of those is an original color or not. I think that'd look real cool!!!

Bill.

The old coupe is trimmed in red. Grille,door handles,pin stripe down the side,hood ornament and hood trim on the side. I guess I'll trim it in red if I can figure out how to make a jig of some kind and paint the stripes on the rim. Tinys rims look good. I may go the local Harley-Davidson shop. They have some pretty talented guys over there doing pin stripes and flames and scallops,etc. I may have to bring them a KEG of beer but whatever it takes. Just make it happen. GRIN

You already have the jig, just jack the car up so the wheel clears the ground and use a suitable sized block of wood as a hand steady and rotate the wheel.
Tony

I meant to say last week when Tony made the above comment that's exactly how long time Columbia River Region member Duane W. did the stripes on my 42 when he blasted the wheels and painted them black. And then added the 'tokyo ivory' (or is it 'french vanilla') sorta "cream" colored stripes. Three of each wheel. That was 10-12 yrs ago. Dang nice job, Duane. And "smart" of Tony to make the suggestion......

Bill.

The striper who striped mine mounted them on an old axle and gave them a slow spin to paint the stripes. Didn't come out too bad.

Here's a couple of pics (one showing the component parts and one in use) of a jig I made to pinstripe wheels. I took the pics right after I got it where I wanted it, which is why I was using an old wheel to experiment with. The articulated are can be positioned easily to any diameter stripe wanted and the wheel on the applicator can be changed for width. Just add the right color One Shot paint and off you go. So easy a caveman could do it!

"GETER DONE" Looks like it would work. Cool

That is cool. Necessity is the mother of invention they say.

Tony W has the right idea. use a front spindle.jack up the wheel so that it will turn and rest your brush or striping tool on a bucket sitting next to the wheel and turn the wheel with your other hand.
Roy Chambers told me how to do it.

I would trust that more than a turning rim mounted on the car. There is always a high/low on a spinning rim mounted on the car. It may not be much ,but a pinstripe would show alot of mistakes.

I have a giant set of dividers from a machine shop, I think they go out to 24 inches. I've got a soapstone/pencil attachment. If you clamp a flat piece of metal over the center hole of the rim and center punch the center of the rim you could mark it with the pencil using the dividers then use that mark as a pattern for the pinstripe. you could lay the rim on a table a get comfortable and go to town. That's my plan. We'll see if it works out.

BTW..Cream still looked better.

Steve,

You're right that the "mistakes" will be easy to see. My guy - Duane - did some "experimenting" with the wheel(s) off the ground. Wet paint is real easy to just wipe off.

He had a tool - maybe called a pin striping tool - that looked about the size of those uniball black plastic pens. It was hollow so to speak, to be filled with paint. There was a 'wheel' on one end. The paint fed onto the wheel as he rolled the tire and gently pressed the 'wheel' on the rim.

He'd never done it before; but he's a 'mechical' type guy and (as noted previously) it worked out great.

Three cheers for Duane!!!

If you have a High Low spot on a rim bolted to the lugs, you need a new rim or some wheel bearings! And you need to use a good striping brush and gentle pressure or a Bugler striping tool with the right width striping wheel.
By the way, I liked the other avatar picture better, looked much more Macho!!