Day 2 parts discussion

[mockingbird812]

Cool Verne - give me a shout when you are ready!!!

[GTO_DON]

Im in on that too. I have just the car that they would look great on

[Verne_Frantz]

To be honest, I had those tires sold on ebay about a year ago for over $700. There were a few bidders at that level. After the auction I decided to send the buyer some close photos of the torn places on the bead from when they were de-mounted. I wanted to make sure he saw the worst of the worst before he sent his $$. He declined to buy them. Maybe he had second thoughts for other reasons???? Anyway, I'm convinced that with careful mounting with tubes there should be no problem. That's why I've decided to put them on wheels and do the mounting myself, and make sure they hold air and have no problems at all before selling them.
I realize that my choice of wheels might not be everyone's choice but I have an original ad by M/T that shows those slicks mounted on 1965 M/T Challenger mags (like I have on my '62), so I figure that's the way they should be. It all ties together as far as I'm concerned, but I've been wrong before........
Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

[4onthefloor]

I picked up these Tires Years ago-The guy had bought them new And they where Never mounted and where stored properly-He planned on mounting them on his 1968 Z28-Here is a pic of them after I took the wrapping off-I also bought Mint pair of Appliance headers that were for his 4 speed Z28-They are now on my SBC powered 1967 Firebird...Here are my new Finds-Thrush Patch-Thrush Belt buckle-pair of Thrush Emblems And the matching Silencer I needed to make a pair!

[Salvatore]

Tell the guy buying them that, that is what tubes are for! Don't think he wanted to anti-up for them Verne. JMO They are really nice slicks!

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> After the auction I decided to send the buyer some close photos of the torn places on the bead from when they were de-mounted. I wanted to make sure he saw the worst of the worst before he sent his $$. He declined to buy them. Maybe he had second thoughts for other reasons???? Anyway, I'm convinced that with careful mounting with tubes there should be no problem. That's why I've decided to put them on wheels and do the mounting myself, and make sure they hold air and have no problems at all before selling them.
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Fill the torn area with Rema Tire putty and grind/buff smooth. It is a two part vulcaninzing process and is incredibly tuff. Industrial supply houses sell it as well as farm equipment dealers.

I had a 4&quot; long cut/gouge on my farm tractor tire that was 3&quot; deep and it fixed it right up. Tractor is 6000 lbs and does plowing/brush hogging and snow plowing and it is still in place 4 years later.

[Verne_Frantz]

Thanks for the lead whitetop. I was planning to look for something to fill the tears &amp; missing areas before I remounted them. I appreciate the suggestion very much.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
PS: I work on a farm and have many supplier contacts so I shouldn't have any trouble finding it!

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the lead whitetop. I was planning to look for something to fill the tears &amp; missing areas before I remounted them. I appreciate the suggestion very much.

PS: I work on a farm and have many supplier contacts so I shouldn't have any trouble finding it! </div></div>

Verne, I bought mine from Miller Tire is Ohio-they sell antique farm tires.

I spoke with the guy at Miller Tire and he said they grind theirs after a day or so so I let mine cure for 2 days and then hit it with a 30 grit sanding disk to ground the bulk of it off. What he forgot to tell me is they use heat lamps to fast cure it. If I had to do it over again I would have let it &quot;gas out&quot; for a week or so because I left it maybe a 1/8 higher than the rest of the tire but when I went back to smooth it out with finer grit disk a week or two later it had shrunk below the level of the tire so I just left it as be. The gouge is about 1.5 &quot; wide at the top and goes all the way down into the lug maybe 2&quot; or so and is about 3.5-4&quot; long. There is actually 2 gouges on the tire.

I guy in my area restores old tractors and he had a set of tires that were an oddball size and obsolete with major gouges and lugs missing and he filled them in and formed the missing lugs and with progressively finer grits of disk you cannot tell the repair. I think he ended up with 1000 or 1500 grit paper.

The trick is apply a 1/8 layer or so at a time and stitch it in very good with the stitch wheel-a small wheel with prongs that alleviates air bubbles. I made up a ball of the stuff and just kept applying it in layers, stiching it and then going on to the next layer.

I still have the A&amp;B putty but the cataylist dried up. At $75 for the kit if you can just by the cataylst I will send you the putty.


As I said I did mine about 4 years ago and it is holding up great. I plow 3 gardens with it in crappy rocky soil and plow in 5 degree weather, brush hog every week and it is still in one piece and my tires with fluid are a 1000 lbs each. .It says on the can not to use it on auto tires but on a rim portion I would think you would be ok.

The stuff is somewhat spongy for 2-3 weeks and then dries as hard as regular tire rubber.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
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Looks like the same red/white slicks on Butch Leal's T-bolt? Are those M/T mags too?

[Verne_Frantz]

It's hard to tell from the photo if those are M/Ts (with the 3 raised ridges) or Radars with just the center ridge. But they do look like 15s.
This is an M/T 14x6 like I plan to mount the slicks on.



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