So I'm getting Diamondback Auburns in the next couple of days, they'll be here. I took of my skirts off, which I hadn't done since buying the car 3 yrs ago. The car has been converted to GM bolt pattern and has wide rallys. I freaking love the way it looks! Its a little hot rod and a little less traditional but it fits the look of the car anyway. What do you guys think? Sent from my SM-A102U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Oh and I forgot, putting 5.5 x 15 GM steels with the diamond backs Sent from my SM-A102U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Those wheels would look great on my 48 Chev pickup and I did have a set on it in 1973 but they just don't look right on the Merc to me. To me Mercs need white walls and hubcaps. Then again, with fresh red paint on the wheels, some "highway patrol" caps and old style beauty rings (not rally wheel rings) and maybe you have a nifty look that would fly. That bigger looking cap above the rally wheel cap is a rally wheel bullet cap from a Chevy trinket vendor. They are a bit spendy though https://www.classicchevy.com/chevy-rally-wheel-center-cap-bullet-style-stainless-steel-1958-1984-40-329093-1.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PLA&scid=scbplp40-329093-1&sc_intid=40-329093-1&gclsrc=aw.ds&&utm_campaign=sc_shopping_broadterms&msclkid=f418bc5088c617fe52f1e32c2231196a&utm_term=4583108064616534&utm_content=All Products
In my world Mercs need wide whites flipper wheel covers and fender skirts.... but it is not my car....
I like the way it looks too. I would run it as is because you "freaking love the way it looks!" That is the most important thing. Keep the white walls and put them on in the Spring. Enjoy the new look for a while. I prefer the Skirts and wide whites but I get your dilemma... Lol!
Haha, it's funny you said that cuz I was thinking its like seeing the old lady in something I've not seen before. Sent from my SM-A102U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Your car and do what makes you happy, but I see Mercs of that year as more of a custom cruiser than a hot rod so I would say skirts with the whitewalls.
Overall, I like it. I like 49-51 Mercs without skirts. It needs wide whitewalls. Maybe paint the wheels gloss black.
If it were mine: skirts, sombrero’s, medium whitewalls. But the fact that your question involves the words “I freaking love the way it looks!” Seems to answer the question. In the words of Jim Croce: If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice!
Run it either way as the mood strikes you. You aren't the first to not run skirts on a Merc.LOL Torchie
Love the look without skirts! Gloss black wheels, no whitewalls.....sinister! Can I ask what color/application that red is on your Merc?
The look without skirts, sporting those mud tires and reversed wheels? Kinda like dressing down our Supermodel First Lady in dirty pants and old hobnail boots. But don't mind me...I just like it...RIGHT.
Trying to find the paper I have it written on. It's a two color mix, I do know it was thru Summit. Their flats, one of the colors was a apple I belive. Sent from my SM-A102U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app