Hot Rods White colored wheels

I remember seeing a thread on black wheels earlier but I can't find any on white. I have tried many different variations in the search engine but no help.

I acquired some 1940's early for rims that will need blasting, some color, and bias plys.
I wanted to see some white colored early ford wheels, can anyone help

 

Use tan or cream, I can't see white wheels other than on a white vehicle. Pics may prove me wrong.

Mink, what color is your car?

 

I've liked white wheels for years....my father's 55 race car may be the cause of it ☺

 

Oops , it's a black Model T Coupe, it will be getting black bias plys

 

The wheels on my old beater sedan are Wilmington white as is the grill insert. HRP

 

Good Humor trucks? But seriously, mostly seen on race cars back in the day (oval mostly, some drags), to my mind. I'd opt for a very light yellow / cream versus the contrast blasted out by a bright white. Gary

 

Ford, in the 60's, used a white similar called Wimbledon White.

 

Wimbledon white is our go to color.....pretty much used it on every car we did with white accents

 

Is Wimbleton white easily found in powder coat or paint

 

Personally I love white wheels. I was a red wheel freak back in the billet days when you got laughed out of the conversation if you brought up any traditional ideas. When I first built my car I had Moon disks and white wheels. The rears were actually Geo tracker wheel ( gag). But the moons just weren't right for the car, so I got steels for the rear and painted them white. Never looked back.

 

8" cheater slicks on white rims- "The Frankencoupe" aka "Drag Queen" ( now living elsewhere)

 

Wimbledon White is an automotive color that was used by Ford Motor Company in the 60's, so yes, it is available in automotive paint lines. As far as powder coat colors go, they are usually pretty generic, however, I'm sure there is a powder that with closely match Wimbledon White.

 

Here's a link to a thread with some white wheels
WOW-WHEELS OF WHITE

 

Mink,would like to see pics of your Chevy in your avatar.

 

My bad,the color I used is indeed Wimbledon White.

We have family coming for Thanksgiving from Wilmington,North Carolina. HRP

 

^^^^Happens to me all the time.

 

Wimbledon white is just one of those classic colors that will never go out of style. Not to white not to yellow just perfect!

 

I had dark white on my 40....made a nice contrast.....

 

I have white-ish wide 5s.

 

Hope we get to see a bunch more!!!

 

Black to Wimbleton white changed the whole look

 

Proper white wheels, on a proper race car. Still, pretty "contrasty" for a street car, IMHO. Gary

 

^^^^^ White wheels on a roundy, even the late models, were required for coolness in the day.

 

...this is International Harvester white, but is really a nice cream color...

 

Really good looking rides with off white wheels, Wimbledon White seems to be the go to.
Hotrodprimer's pic convinced me, I didn't see it with black primer in my head. Looks great.

 

Like post 22. May have to get the spray cans of off white out!

 

Hallelujah !! Finally!! An alternative to the "black wheel/black tire" combo comes back around for some well deserved appreciation.

My personal taste has never found black tire/black wheel attractive UNLESS there was at least a small band of contrast, i.e., a chrome trim ring to soften the transition. A contrasting color, white, red, whatever....needs no transition, and is much more pleasing to my eye.

I agree the Wimbleton White is true classic white.....not too starkly white, not too creamy, the Goldilocks of white.

Ray

 

The car is sporting black paint although it is faded,it was last painted in 1963 the fenders are wearing old primer since they have been repaired. HRP