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Re: Can't Afford 20" Rims? No Problem...
That red line story reminds me of my 55 Buick that I had when I was 19 and maybe not nearly as smart as I thought I was.
For some lame reason in the summer of 1966 I thought I needed to give it the "gasser" look that the 55/57 Chevy guys were doing by removing the front bumper. In this photo I had just painted the stock Buick wheels bright silver and popped a new set of beauty rings on them. Then it was off to B&B auto parts in Renton Wa for a can of black tire paint and a redline stripe paint stick. I actually painted the tires black and put the red stripes on them right in the B&B parking lot.
The wheels actually faked quite a number of guys out and some even won some bets with guys who thought they were real chrome wheels.
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Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club.
My ongoing truck projects:
48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six.
71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant.
77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.
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