WD wrote on 01/26/13 at 15:51:46:Looking good Max. Now you need to get yourself a pint or so of white brush on oil based enamel and make yourself some whitewalls... Here in the States Rustoleum FLAT white or white primer seem to adhere to the sidewalls fairly well. But only the brush on, spray on won't stick very long. Getting ready to do the sidewalls on my new tires (Unlike the 49 Dodge, I can't find the right size bike whitewalls).
You asked about the 49... refurbishing the 230 1957 Plymouth engine that is going in the truck, have 5 new old stock bias ply whitewalls, have started the wooden strip interior parts, getting ready to pull and rebuild/repaint the bed. Almost ready to put the 5 spd and rear end from the 1992 Ranger into the truck (drill 4 new bell housing holes and the transmission fits), getting ready to pull 2 leaf springs from each corner and drop the truck 3" closer to the ground....
Traditional lowrider, have a 1937 Henderson bicycle and a a roughly 1958 Firestone Beach Cruiser bicycle that will be in the bed at shows, along with a couple 1940s or early 1950s coolers.
You should come over in September for the Savage get together. If the guys ever nail down a date... It's at my place, 54 acres of fun... I live on a farm that has been here since roughly 1793 or 1796, the main house is an 1841 plantation manor (small one, but still a plantation manor house)... Motorcycles and Mopars...
Man, i would love to come over in september, but unless i find a job in a short time (and here in Italy seems an impossible task right now) i will not have any money to spend for such a trip... what a shame...
Your farm has a great story and me and my girlfriend are in love with that kind of architecture; i will love to see that Dodge when it's finished, maybe you can post some pictures here on the site in the cafe section, i'm sure there's plenty of people on this forum interested in this kind of stuff...
Right now i'm waiting for the new rear tire to be fitted on the rim, i wasn't able to do it by myself... for the whitewalls i can't find that paint here, but maybe there's a place not very far from here that sells a lot of american made hardware (in this area there are a lot of companies that build luxury motor-yachts and they use plenty of US made tools and materials) maybe they have it... i will check with them.
Anyway, thanks for the input, i didn't ever think that was possible to paint the walls of the tires...