When I was in college (about 20 years ago), I had a friend who worked for a
company that took regular tires and put wide whitewalls of any color on a
tire. Is this type of service still available?
----- Original Message -----
From: "RJ Dial" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:53 PM
Subject: [VAC] Re: Split Rims '62 Bambi
Reply to: RE: [VAC] Split Rims '62 Bambi
It looks from your earlier website pictures that someone has already
converted to newer rims. You can easily tell by looking at them. If they
are continuous one piece from the bead lip to the hub area, you are OK. The
2-part split rims themselves are not dangerous (unless they are rusty) -
it's the $7/hr chain store tire jocks who don't understand them. Most farm
area tire shops still know how to work on split-rims. The "danger" comes in
mounting a new tire on them. If they don't seat the ring properly, it can
separate at rapid speed as the tire is re-inflated. It's all a matter of
training - most shops don't want to deal with it.
As for whitewalls - I wish you luck. I gave up last year and bought
blackwalls after spending 6 months chasing down mystical "Cooper
whitewalls", "special order" Goodyears. etc. All I found was Coker classic
car restoration tires at $120 each and a 1500# rating.
Best of luck!
RJ
'65 Caravel
'57 Flying Cloud (with split rims)
Kit Sullivan Mac.com wrote:
>Hi All, >
>I am bringing my Bambi in to an Airstream Dealer to have new tires put on
>for the summer. The service manager there told me if I have split rims
they
>could not put new tires on the trailer-has anyone heard of this before?
>Does anyone know if originally the 1962 Bambi came with split rims?
>
>I am also interested in putting white walls on for aesthetic value-they
seem
>to be giving me some pushback on that as well-they say they will only put
>certified trailer tires on and that you can't find whitewalled trailer
>tires-Argh! >
>Thank you, as always, for the incredible help here...
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