Projects NEW guy....With NEW to me car (54chevy)

Tried the "easy off" trick on the roof since it's going to get paint tomorrow (HELL YEAH!) anyway and it left a " ghost" image of the stripe so I'm assuming it's been on the car a while and so the rest of the car has faded a tad , so the door pinstripes are staying for now.

But I'm super stoked it goes in for roof paint tomorrow!

 

Nice car.
Didja see all the codgers put the horn to their/our ears and say,"Eh, sonny" when you mentioned 20"s

 

Thanks! Yeah I sure did! I understand though...it's not "traditional" but I just like the look. I've actually decided to not go that route though since I've seen a few of these cars bagged with smaller wheels and fat whitewalls and I'm diggin that look even more!

 

please no wheels bigger than 15", traditional rules, big hoops are for Donks. A 54 Chevy is NOT a donk. Congrats on a cool car

 

Yeah, the more I see with 15" and fat whitewalls, the more I'm hooked. I think big wheels are out of the equation now....but I still do like em when done right

 

I'm not an old codger but I'm glad you're changing your mind about those big wheels. I think some chrome smoothies would look sweet

 

I really dig the black wheel look but now you got me thinking! Lol

 

nice car.
what about those big wheels with the whitewall built into face of the rim?
they at least look traditional...

this link
http://www.deluxewheels.com/photos/

for the record i'm not convinced they would look okay with the shape of today's low-profile radials and my vote would actually go towards a black rim with a WWW like this

 

Oh yeah! That blue car is it! Wow......

 

Yup easy-off. I used the commercial one from lows.

Nice car.

 

Dig the car. Where did you get the grill teeth from?,every time i try to get them they seem to be on back order.

 

Thanks! Got them on eBay. Guy had a listing for like 15 of them and I messaged him and asked if he would break them up. Got 4 for 175.00 shipped.

 

I have the 18" Detroit Steels on my '53 Bel Air (err...I mean...I KNOW a guy who knows a guy who has them). I don't think you want any part of the 20"s. On a 3" drop, even the 18's are dicey fitment. I have to camber in the fronts in order to be able to turn full-lock. I haven't driven it yet, so we'll see if that's even enough. But I hear ya...totally not period correct, but I think they suit the car beautifully. I also get why people hate them...different strokes, I guess.

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Good to know....I've noticed a lot more people running 18"s on the 53'....54's so I figured there must be a fitment issue. I'm actually set on the 15" with fat white walls for now. Seen a few pics on line and now I'm hooked. Plus I already have them so that saves me some $$ for other things...

 

Welcome from The mother road. 66

 

Thanks!