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I've read these questions for sometime here and I feel the need to tap out my $.02. I ran radial tires on my factory 1954 Ford Customline Fordor for 5 years without issue. I did thoroughly clean and repaint my rims prior to mounting my Pep Boys radials. Second, my close friend has run a set of radials on his stock 1948 Plymouth P-15 2 door coupe for 10 years without issue. He also cleaned and painted the rims prior to mounting his Michelin's. So, in closing, if your rims are not excessively corroded and are clean and painted, mount 'em up. Soapy water will find leaks. Again, my $.02 Jim

for flash rust while process the part...a light wipe with a damped cloth (not wet) with Phosphoric is like a magic eraser...phosphoric does not react with clean steel..only reacts with rust... (keep off non ferrous metals) read all directions...

We are leaving Daytona on the 8th and heading to Pigeon Forge, actually Sieverville, TN. This is our third yeard going to Shades of the Past. Anyone here attending? I will either bring the 49 Plymouth or 55 Nomad

Wow.! most people are glade they missed me. Anyway I am sure we will run into each other at some point. Take care, Chet...

Finally on the car. I'm likin the theme. Still much to do and it's a particular chore because of the hot weather. -

In the Downloads section is a template to make your own.

I installed my Clesters rubber 'dry'.

I don't know if the assist spring was a stock item or not, but it really helped with pushing the cable back in smoothly.

Hah! Thank you Mark. The first good engineer I knew told me about the same thing. "This is a job you do because you'd do it for free....because you love to do it, 'cause it sure ain't for the big money..." OK, I make a reasonable income for this area. I'm not pampered, but I don't worry about paying the bills either.

The actual consistency and composition are likely different, and there is a reason dynamat is expensive...it's the best quality. I bought GTmat off eBay, and for the price, it's the thickest material and claims the best sound, but I ran out and used some 3M mat and a chunk of Dynamat...hands down better quality then GT off eBay. Gutter tape is likely just plain rubber and a foil back to protect from sun degradation, but it might work fine if your not picky. I'd use the 3M product again myself, it's priced between the two I used and great adhesive quality

Don't use baking soda and acid together. Baking soda is a base and the acid and baking soda will neutralize each other. As I understand the process, the purpose of the baking soda is to make an electrolyte solution to carry the electricity. Acid can also be used to create the electrolyte, but baking soda is probably safer to handle. The actual work of removing the rust is done by the electrical current.