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04-23-2009 04:36 PM #1
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Unless the latest portowalls are improved over the ones we used to use, they are more trouble than they are worth IMO. Touch a curb and they tear, or you can be driving down the road and chunks fly off. They also warp and don't stay smoothly against the tire.
It's been 45 years since I owned a set, so maybe new rubber development has made a difference.
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04-23-2009 05:03 PM #2
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The Ebay place that I found selling them, states they were designed 50 years ago for bias ply, but they seem to work ok on 75 series tires.. but at $60 a set, I'm not going to buy them if I can't make them work... guess I gotta get some rubber paint... the new tires I have are LT series tires, but there the same diamater, just a 1/2" narrower.. I want to roll with the '51 this year, but I can't afford over $400 for new Coker wide whites now, and I don't think the black walls will look goodYou don't know what you've got til it's gone
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04-24-2009 09:50 AM #3
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Matt, take a look at this process I found on the HAMB.....
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...4144&showall=1
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04-24-2009 03:22 PM #4
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cool.. I got a few bad tires I can practice on too..You don't know what you've got til it's gone
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04-24-2009 06:12 PM #5
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These are one I made.
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04-25-2009 11:48 PM #6
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What timing.....I JUST posted about port a walls recently. The 51 Chevy I just bought had them on and they were torn and falling off. But the tires are like new so I couldnt see replacing them yet. I opted for the ones on ebay, probably the same ones you are talking about. They werent very hard to put on, but were hard to keep on!!! Also, DONT use any soapy water, or any water at all for that matter...they just slip right off as soon as you air up the tire. After I finally got them on and straight, when I went for a ride the right side came almost completely off! Some one on another forum suggested using gorrila glue....WRONG!!! It dont stick and just makes a mess! But since it didnt stick, it was easy to clean off. I finally got them mounted straight, and they are staying on BUT....they still dont sit completly flat against the tire....Im gonna live with it for now, but really wouldnt recommend them to anybody....Just go for the real thing and be done with it!!
Here's a few shots of putting them on....
easy way to break the bead.....
Left is the new one....
Looks good from 10 feet!!...
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