Frank Elder Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Yeah Steve, I bought thrush replacements, their sitting on the bench in the garage at the moment, just too many other to-do items on the list. For the time being I'm enjoying the braaaap of the smithies. But if I intend to have the wife by my side at all, then it'll need some quieter pipes. Cut outs.......loud and solo........quiet so you can say "Yes Dear" at the correct intervals....lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Two Words Ear Plugs...................... You wanna tell her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 how's the ride, handling, braking, steering effort?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 (edited) Steering is much easier now, which is opposite of what I expected. Wander is less noticeable, but still prevalent. Gonna tweak the box a bit to see if I can remove a little of the slop. Braking seems to be the same. Overall handling is much better. I've gotta find a cheap blackwall replacement now for my spare and then it's road trip time! Edited July 14, 2013 by Mark D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgeb4ya Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 I have always used the larger size regular pop in valve stems for the oval hole rims. Works fine or the more costly threaded valve stem. Tires look great! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55 Fargo Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I do not understand why anyone uses tubes unless the original rims will not support tubeless. Our old friend Norms Coupe was all about tubes. As much as I and many others wanted to convert him to tubeless he stood his ground. But Norm was good at standing his ground and I sure miss him. Several years back a forum member (Mark Cross who I have not heard from for a long time) stopped by my house for a visit in his 50 Plymouth. Had a good visit and he hit the road. Half hour later he called me and told me he had a flat and his spare was also flat. No problem I told him. I asked if he was tube or tubeless and he did not know. So I loaded up my tubeless (plugs) repair kit, tank full of air, and for good measure the spare from my car and floor jack. Had he been tubeless I could have had him back on the road in a short time. As he had tubes it took a lot longer to change his flat and install my spare. Two weeks later he brought my spare back but that was not a problem as my car was sans drivetrain at that time. But it cost him another trip to return the wheel and tire. My point being that tubeless is the way to go. Here are some pictures of Marks car. Yes Norm Milliner was truly a Great Gentleman, and is missed on this forum. Although the forum is still top notch, those times not so long ago were truly great moments in the History of this website. The good hearted banter between you and Norm, have not been duplicated, those are the time times I miss........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Wednesday evening I dropped an advert on Craigslist for my old tires, Thursday morning got a call from a guy who owned and antique shop in Maine. Since it was on my way up yesterday I brought the tires to him and he gave me $100-. Wife decided to roam his store for a bit and thankfully I left with the $100 still in my pocket, however the tires were mounted on an old stand before I left the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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