Posted By:	Robert Jacobs
Posted On:	Tuesday June 12, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Message: $$$..George! a lot of guys don't realize how expensive it is to maintain an old car properly, they reason that b/c it's 'Just' a Chevy, it 'Must' be cheap to own and maintain. Wrong. The guys I've spoken to at car shows who do this (see also: Incorrect batteries, cables, and my all time fave, hose clamps..) usually shrug and say they'll 'Get to it later'. In the mean time, the car looks goofy and typically, what happens is that the owner forgets or gets accustomed to the incorrectness.

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PICS - Car show pick of the day ... Tuesday. by Douglas Ford #43142

Very nice.....could have shown much better with the correct WWs. (EOM) by John Bono #43142.1

Agree (EOM) by Ron Dietrich #43142.1.1

Nice looking '54. Quite a difference between it & the 55's...a major transformation. (EOM) by Ken Allen #43142.2

Well cared for daily driver. (EOM) by Larry Hooper #43142.3

I've never understood why people don't put the correct WW tires on old cars. (EOM) by George Schire #43142.4

$$$..George! by Robert Jacobs #43142.4.1

That's one explanation Robert. But there is another explanation too. by George Schire #43142.4.1.1

One more explanation here. There are many in the hobby who are adamant by Brian Laurance #43142.4.1.1.1

Yet Another Possible Explanation... by Ed Stutz #43142.4.1.1.1.1

Great perspective, Ed! (EOM) by Brian Laurance #43142.4.1.1.1.1.1

Wishful thinking, perhaps... by Robert Jacobs #43142.4.1.1.1.1.1.1

Could another possible explanation be the owner likes the car with thin white walls? (EOM) by Marlowe Johnson #43142.4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

Exactly! (EOM) by Paul Clow #43142.4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1

Robert, Please Share With Us the Explanations Offered By the Guys You Know Who Actually Do This... by Ed Stutz #43142.4.1.1.1.1.1.1.2

It's mostly a cost consideration, Ed... by Robert Jacobs #43142.4.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1

Thanks, Robert (EOM) by Ed Stutz #43142.4.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1

I just put a set of General "Dual 90" 4-ply wide whites on my '55 Chrysler Windsor. by Barry Levittan #43142.4.1.1.1.2

George, You are wrong as My 58 Cad El Dorado Brougham was delivered w/ narrow stripe (WHITE) tires. by David Hosea #43142.4.1.1.2

sometimes incorrect whitewalls bother me but .... by Phil Realmuto #43142.4.1.2

Solution by Port-O-Wall... by John Luthi #43142.4.2

So does anyone have a comment on my post 43142.4.1.1 with regard to the thin whites on 50's cars in by George Schire #43142.4.2.1

Yes - the movie smacks of low budget! (EOM) by John Luthi #43142.4.2.1.1

Yes, why does everyone get so riled up about the kind of tyres/WWs that are on SOMEONE ELSES... by Jerry Gorsuch #43142.4.2.1.2

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