The date code... lol! Funny how thirty year old tires are discarded because of age, meanwhile new tires rot off the rims in three or four years and have a shelf life. I have had a couple older tires go out of balance due to the cords detaching, etc, but I sure miss real rubber products that lasted. Nowadays nothing lasts it seems. Cords on tools are so brittle you can't hardly work with them, then they crack and fall apart. Tires rot, air lines are plastic, vacuum lines, caps, etc fall apart. Progress? Good job on the rebuild!Well I have a few up dates, been driving the car around some, been to a few shows. In Feb. car won Best Engineered at The Groundhog Gala show, then a little church show this past weekend, lots of fun. The radiator did start to leak on the upper tank, right on the F of the Ford logo and on the fill neck. I finally decided it would be a better choice to replace it, so I'll be installing a Brassworks unit with fan/shroud to keep it cool. I also invested in some new tires, the 30 year date code was enough for me. I ended up going with a smaller rear tire/wheel (285/70-15 on 10" wheel) but retained the height needed for the look.View attachment 14521 View attachment 14522
I agree totally as these tires look like new, no dry rot, cracking etc. But.....if it could fail, it will with me so I bought new onesFunny how thirty year old tires are discarded because of age, meanwhile new tires rot off the rims in three or four years and have a shelf life
I'm happy to see that you got it finished. Maybe we can soon get to cruising together again.Well here it is June 23rd and I have an update. I recently purchased a complete Inglese Weber IDA set up. It was on a '32 hiboy since the late 80's, it needed a full rebuild, so after some kits and a tanking, oh and I had to remove the black paint to reveal some very nice original Italian Webers. It's been a long journey but was well worth it.