Let's see em... Mixed blackwall, www, or pin ww tires on same car .. Seems like I see a decent amount of this in old pics, especially drag pics Thanks guys
If you can't afford 4 WW's just put 2 of them on the same side. You can only look at one side at a time.
Actually, this UNKNOWN 4 door Willys (1959 Riverside Raceway) may do the trick… 4 doors, powerful motor, cool cruising looks, black tires with Moon Discs in front, rear whitewall slicks, etc. Hello, Thanks, to the newly posted 8mm drag racing movie from 1958-59 on the HAMB. Harry's 8MM Drag Racing Videos It (not my own 16mm films) shows additional footage from those fun times growing up at the dragstrip. But, like in my own films, there are only a certain amount of places one can film the drag racing action. To us, it was the safety inspection, pop the hubcaps, empty the trunk, and get into the designated lanes for a run down the Lions track. Life was simple and fun for many time trial runs on full acceleration.(despite constantly racing against our nemesis in the brown Impala.) In these times, it was race your daily driver against your friends. It allowed bragging rights in the local high school or cruising, gathering spots. Most factory hot rods came with whitewalls, so they were prevalent in most of the photos. Then as tastes change, different combinations of tires made the scene. Blackwall slicks, cheater slicks, the expensive Vogue Tyres also made the scene. Pull those blackwall slicks out of the trunk and go racing on Saturdays. Time trials only, (not during eliminations) otherwise the pure stock car would be put in the Gas Coupe/Sedan Class, just for the slicks and open cut outs. Lions Dragstrip 1958: Pop the hubcaps and go race. 1959: Blackwalls (Bruce Slicks) and whitewalls, a fast combo. 1960: Silver painted rims, blackwalls with whitewalls turned inside. Impala total Then when the skinny whitewall tires era faded out, our group went to all blackwalls with a myriad of rim colors thrown in the mix. The easiest was to use black paint and blackwall tires. With the additions of small hubcaps or full size combinations, it kept the cost of mag wheels out of the picture. 1962 High School Newspaper Jnaki We enjoyed the aspect of taking the wheels off and putting on the slicks. When people saw my 58 Impala with the mix of whitewalls in front and blackwalls in the back, they knew a race or two was coming up at the “Cherry Ave. Drags.” Teenagers, all liked style and what not, but a mixture of whitewalls and blackwalls was just not an ordinary thing. The “typical” scenario of whitewalls/blackwalls was telling someone that you have a flat tire and are using the spare. But, we did use that look when it was necessary. Our “Easter Vacation/Spring Break” cruising drives, down south to Newport/Balboa, it was usually blackwall/whitewall combination. We knew there would be some face to face action somewhere on that long cruise in and around Merle’s drive-in. So, those Bruce Slicks were on the back ready for anything, except for a mist, puddle or the 12:01 a.m. foggy scene along the coast. One final movie: K.S. Pittman 120 mph record holder in B/Gas with the red Willys coupe:
I always like redlines up front and street slicks on the rear, but it falls a few years outside HAMB scope.
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