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Big Pine 38,

That there "38" part of your call sign pretty much says it all. I/we understand. Do too!

Charlie

I agree that the 1938 and prior models look OK with black wall tires.

This applies to all Chevrolet cars prior to 1941. It's just my opinion.

I think the active word here is OK. If just OK is sufficient for what the owner wants, then by all means put blackwalls on the car. If cared for and nice and clean, they will be fine looking. Especially for 37s and 38s. If there is a Fulton on any car, then the blackwalls will hardly be noticed. With that ugly fulton on there, anything else to help the looks of the car is futile.

Back to OK. OK may not be what a wise person would want. I would believe such a person would desire something better than just OK. It seems to me that they would want to enance the beauty of the car. While tossing the fulton is a major step in the right direction, so is adding the whitewalls.

No 41 Special Deluxe should have wear anything but the right width of whitewalls. Goes for top of the line Chevrolets up to say ... 66 or 67.

I doubt that anyone ever ordered a 41 MD with whitewalls on it. Maybe a few. A MD type car of whatever year is one the kids riding it to school in would ask to be dropped off way down the block or, better yet, around the corner.

Another of my two cents worth. And, that's more than it's worth.

Charlie

Thanks all for the good advice, I should be getting in a set of Firestone Blackwalls any day now. I ordered them through Belle Tire.

Hard to argue with the choice of either tires (whitewalls or blackwalls) but I should have a few less maintenance issues and once I get the rims striped I will have joined 95% of the owners in 1941 with blackwalls.

Thanks, Mike

Charlie I'm glad to see the "Old Charlie" back with your outstanding commentaries on various subjects. I do not like Fulton sunvisors or any sunvisor especially on '41's. I'm glad you agree on white walls but I still cannot believe you agreed with fender skirts for our '41's. I put fender skirts in the same class as Fulton sunvisors. My posts are not as eloquent as yours but you can see my concern. Surely you were not serious about fender skirts. JIM

Jim,

The 1941 looks as good with or without the skirts. Maybe a little better if they are on:

a. A SD coupe or cabriolet.

b. They are on in combination with the spacers thet go below the cut rock guards. (There is a pair of those now on ebay.)

Sedans, station wagons andd all MDs look much better without the skirts.

Just my opinion.

Charlie

BTW Jim, ifen you really want to set the coupe off right, put the skirts w/all four pieces of chrome, whitewalls, trim rings, new hubcaps and shark teeth rims. My project car will have all those, I've got them stored away.

Charlie All the accessories you have stored for your project car sound good except for the skirts.

BTW Charlie Your list did not include a Fulton sun visor. Ifen you want to be "cool" down thar in NC you have to have a Fulton visor. JIM

Jim,

I'd crush the car first. Would too! It barely beats out the front fender shields.

I admit that the skirts are not the best item to spend money on.

Charlie

Charlie.... I agree. Keep the troops straight Charlie. You have a "knack" with words. I, for one, enjoy your post. JIM

My '41 Special has blackwall tires, so do my '41 Olds and '55 F**d. My '36 FA has whitewall and it is a bother to clean, even with the Bleache White product recommended.I fitted those white plastic skirts to my black radials on my '55 F**d but due to the flex of the radials at the bottom of the tire they rub on the letters. They also make a squeak noise when driving and the rim of the skirt trim cuts into the tyre.So when they become an eyesore i will have to remove them.