I did lots of searching and found info on whitewall and lettering, but most concern white or black to cover the sanded sidewalls. on redline bias plys, a couple of them are a bit faded and I want to freshen them up. I have read about leather dye and Rustoleum paint pens to tire pens at truck stops....anybody have experience with color touchup??? thanks, Hans
They used to sell a crayon type stick to put red stripes on tires that didn't have them back in the 60's Actually more like the lumber crayons now from the lumber yards. But Summit has tire stripe pens http://www.summitracing.com/search/...Color-Hot-Tires-Tire-Paint-Pens/?autoview=SKU And as they are Dupli-Color they are probably easily avaialble locally.
If ya need new redline tires, check out Coker tire... They even have them for my o/t '05 Ford convertible in sizes 17 x 8's..
these are new correct repros from a few years back, just some fading I want to touch up-I want to try them on some chrome steelies on my '54 chopped truck and see how they look---thanks
Back afew years ago, my GS 400 had red lines. I kept them bright by using a red felt tip marker. It worked good but needed touch up after a while. Give it a try and see what you think.---TV
I dyed a set of white stripe tires to red for my '65 300-L with SEM vinyl dye, they looked great but don't know how they held up over time, sold the car soon after. Those Dupli-color sticks are interesting, I might have to get a couple red ones and try making up some redlines out of regular stripe whitewalls. I never knew those were around, that's a good tip.
Forgive me for not remembering an insignificant detail from the 60's, but I seem to recall that I bought a small jar of actual red tire paint from Pep Boys to create my own red line tires. I had a '62 Studebaker Lark convertible, black with a black top & red & white interior. The cheap-ass tires I had at the time had very convenient indented grooves, about 3/8" wide, right about in the center of the sidewalls. So, red line tires were just coming into popularity & I got the bright idea to paint my own red lines. I painted the grooves with little brush that came with the paint & it turned out great. It never peeled off & on the occasion that I rubbed the curb, the groove protected the paint job. With all of the modern paint improvements, there has to be a flexible paint out there that would be O.K. for rubber. How about the paint that is used for the new flexible vinyl bumpers, etc.? Matching might be a challenge, however.
I've heard people talk about using rubber ink to make white walls (think lettering on an inflatable boat, that type of thing) but seems like you have to order it through some commercial supplier, not the type of thing you can get in a nice, smallish quantity it seems.
Try All Tire Supply.Ask for Debbie,she is very helpful.I just got some from them and it seems to be working great.
I had a friend back in the late 60's who owned a red '64 Corvette with triple red lines. I think they were made by General, not sure, that was a long time ago. He washed the car so often, scrubbing the tires clean as well. When they faded, he would use a bottle of red India ink poured onto a clean rag to touch them up. Worked great. Not sure where you can get red ink now, maybe a stationery store or craft shop. Good luck....Don.
I know the motocross bubbas use paint pens to color in their tires. Not sure if they have red...but...just passing it along. JL
The Jalopy Journal
