Tuesday 23 October 2012

Bird is the Word


On Sunday I bolted up the set of 20 inch KMC SS rims I used to have on my Lincoln Mark IV. Think they look pretty good but I have to revert to a regular all season 235/75R 15s once the snow begins to fly. As they were already mounted and balanced it cost me nothing but an hours labor.

I have an old set of Zenith knock off wire wheels that I would like to use as a daily driver set instead of the standard steel rims and hubcaps. See photo. Problem is they need inner tubes, it seems radial inner tube are hard to come by and the few tire "experts" I have spoken to seem to know less than me.


Sorry stole the title of the blog from this way cool site:

http://www.wheelsareeverything.com/
Like the photos? not retouched, love the contrast between the metallic brown T-Bird and the lemon lime leaves...psychedelic man!






The T-Bird came with a lot of spares including a new under hood pad, which I installed yesterday. Still a few problems to identify and solve but has been running well. I find the car's front end anthropomorphic, a friendly smile. 

Stopped by my local coffee shop last night to meet a girlfriend. Staff were taking a break outside as I cruised  up in my latest ride, "wow you really love your old cars, when are you bring the white convertible out again" (59 Cadillac). I guess that makes me a regular.  




5 comments:

  1. When I need tubes these days I go to an agricultural tyre specialist. Worth a shot?

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  2. Thanks Jenny I will look there, I shouldn't have so much trouble, I once worked for Bridgestone/Firestone's OTR Division.

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  3. Hmm.... that John Hiatt clip looks suspiciously familiar; I'll see you in Blogger Court, Missie!

    OK, not really. :c) Because you can NEVER have too much john Hiatt. Here he is from 1988, with the amazing Sonny Landreth on slide guitar:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep3HbeNAW4g

    Sweet!

    Hugs,
    Cass

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  4. Dear Cass,

    My brother is a lawyer....

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