Yesterday I put a nicer and matching correct set of hubcaps

Jan 1

Yesterday I put a nicer and matching correct set of hubcaps I bought off eBay on the car. I've included is a picture of the wheels after I sanded, repainted them and installed the tires. These tires came from amazon along with the Porta walls (fake white walls) They were very affordable and didn't take much weight to balance. I think all in tires and porta walls were less then $500. the bias ply tires that were on the car when I got it looked very cool but I plan to drive this car quite a bit so safety is important. I saved the best of the original tires for the spare. That manual tire changer and bubble balancer sure has saved me a lot of money and time over the years!

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Jan 1, 2026

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· Jan 1

700-15? Do you mind me asking what you paid? I've been buying from Coker and it is not cheap.

· Jan 1

Tires have become crazy expensive.

· Jan 1

@69GoatMan and they don't seem to last anywhere near as long!

· Jan 1

Tires look great. How big is your shop? I've been trying to build my own shop for the last 40 years.

· Jan 1

@BillSmith Weeellllll? not all my stuff fits in one shop so i have 3 buildings at different rental properties I own around Western Washington state. Currently working on repurposing a barn with a concrete floor for another 3 car building so I can get more cars under cover.

· Jan 1

6 tires and 8 tubes from Coker (I don't trust the tubes so 8) and a 2500 bill. I will admit that 700-18 is an odd size but still...

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· Jan 1

@alsancle Those tires look great! If i didn't have so many cars I would have bought Cokers for the Hudson. Alas, I still have two kids I'm putting through college right now! the next car getting expensive tires in my collection will be my 1970 E Type Jaguar when I get started on it.

· Jan 1

@59redwing Totally get it. Used to be that tires were a cheap way of improving a car fast. No more.

Do you have a tire truer to use on those bias plys? I've been looking for a used one forever.

· Jan 1

@alsancle I have an old school bubble balancer. bought it at a swap meet years ago. its easy to use if a little slower than a spin balancer but the nice part is you can simply slide it into a corner when not in use. Takes less then a minute to level the feet.

· Jan 1

@59redwing I want an old school tire shaver. We had one in the shop years ago but it was a loaner and the guy solid it out from under us.

https://www.alltiresupply.com/products/wide-portable-truer