I liked them when I was young and couldn't understand why my Dad didn't put them on his cars. Now I understand... too damned much upkeep!!! At my age, I want to drive, not scrub!!!
They work on some cars but not for everything. HRP Bias ply here. Bias ply there Radials on Brenda's Ranch Wagon.
have had wide white on my previous cars I owned 47 Ford Sedan, 49 Ford Business Coupe.. My current ride a 36 Ford 3 window.. came with set of (very flat spotted Firestone Deluxe Champions WW 6.00x16) They were junk.. which was to bad.. I opted for 6.00 x16 Firestone black wall.. This turn around... found a pic of my old 49. I do have another set 1940 16" rims if I get the WW itch.. lol
It denpens on the style of car I am running them on my 53 Chev. Kerzon "Moose" Carye 34 Ford Owned by Dick and Jeff Ackerman Tommy Willson 34 Ford 1952 Eastern Mutual Racing Club champ, yes it's the real car!!! Owned Dick and Jeff Ackerman To me the "Moose" Carye 34 Ford needs to have whitewalls because that is the way the original was raced, however the Tommy Wilson car never ran them and would look like a caricature of it's self with whitewalls.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/friday-art-show-9-17-21.1241646/#post-14201432 ...In this collaborative work Stogy and Hotrod Jack opted for the deluxe double sided Bias Ply WWs... ...in real life Firestone Champion Bias Ply WWs get me to the finish line in style everyday I drive it...
Never been a fan of them, in fact, said you would never see white walls on a car I owned….. But, a couple of years ago I made a few changes…… Not ready to get rid of the hideous matt black, so the white walls help detract from it somewhat…..
Honestly I'm surprised they are as popular as they are by the survey...wow... ...I don't get a sore arm cleaning them because I don't do it very often... ...when I do I'm not to critical...I go halfway... This pic a few Falls ago... I think many things effect the package, wheel color and trim rings being big ones...
Mark snuck in a couple of sets of narrow whites.... LOL I'll agree that wide whites can look good on the right car, but not every car. By the early '60s wide whites were on their way out and Detroit and the tire companies experimented with different sidewall treatments. Wide whites were gone off most Detroit offerings by '62. Narrow single, double and even triple line whitewalls appeared, as well as colors (not just red), and 'texture' appeared (remember US Royals?). By '63 wide whites had mostly disappeared on currently built customs. Then Pontiac used narrow red lines on the GTO and white walls fell into disfavor.