They are not solid, but have those elongated oval openings in them. They said they were Ford rims, but I have since been told that they are not. They cleaned them and painted them black for me. They came up with five of them from their stockpile of rims.
A problem I have is that when I replaced those beat up, rusty wire 14" rims, I went to a tire shop and told them I wanted 14" rims for my '59 Tbird. That is about all this Bird needs in the way of fixing, except for a new interior and paint job. And there are the fuel and temp gauges that needs to be calibrated. There is also the radio that does not work.
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I still have a drivers side power seat problem that I would like to get fixed. I have a power window problem on the drivers side that has cropped up now. I think I am going to put this project on the back burner and go on and get some other things fixed on this Bird. But unlike Bart, I dont have a dishwasher to throw them into to clean them! I guess I could get the wheel covers with the wires in them. I dont want to spend the rest of my life cleaning them. I doubt that I will put wire wheels back on her, though they look nice. (Thats probably not the right word for it!) But, eventually, we got them off. In fact, we had a hard time getting them off even with an electric sprocket tool. They also had some kind of wierd lug nut arrangement. Mine were rusty and not in the best of shape. That is what I took off this Bird after I got her. We also manufacture wheels for your pre-war car with drop centre rims, snap ring rims or also beaded-edge rims.Thanks for the information on the wire wheels. We can order new spoked wheels from MWS and Borrani with all the necessary accessories such as the central lug nut adapter, knock-off center caps and mounting hardware. In our own wheel repair shop, we can centre, repaint or even replace the spokes on your wheels. We can also offer you comprehensive service for spoked wheels. Give your your classic of tomorrow that extra bit of class with some retro styling. We are especially proud of our patented vulkanisation process for whitewalls on tyres previously only available in black.
Whether it's bias tires for the legendary VW Beetle or Opel Kapitän, American wide whitewalls for your Cadillac or Hot Rod, white-letter tyres for the muscle cars of the 60s and 70s, racing tires for pre-war cars or beaded-edge tyres for the very early vintage models, we can supply most within 2 days. It's now possible for us to have almost every special tyre our customers need in stock and ready for quick delivery. Soon his tyre store had outgrown its original space and the shop moved to its current location in nearby Holzkirchen in 1999. Many models were brought back at Valentin Schaal's suggestion. The market for tyres for vintage cars developed rapidly, such that European manufacturers such as Michelin, Dunlop and Avon returned to their roots and once again began making some of their classic tyre models. This was the beginning of his tyre import business. His travels, especially across America, put Valentin in contact with those few manufacturers that still made classic tyre sizes. Starting out in his parents' tyre shop in Otterfing, Bavaria, he devoted himself entirely to procuring tyre sizes that were difficult or impossible to find. As a lover of classic cars, he realised how difficult it could be at that time to get the right tyres. Münchner Oldtimer Reifen GmbH was founded in 1984 by Valentin Schaal Jr.
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