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nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,098
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Picked up a former show winning 1975 Buick Riviera today. The car includes the famous Buick "rally" style road wheels, but I will be dammed if I can locate brand new 235-70-15 whitewall tires to put on them. Seems BFG Meeks raised white letter in that size, but they would not be appropriate on a car big enough to double as a flagship for Chester Nimitz.

I think these might be in the same isle as black paint. Any he would be awesome.

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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,205
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    https://www.etsy.com/listing/529137395/15-rim-whitewall-port-a-wall-topper-side?utm_campaign=shopping_us_Historicracewallart_sfc_osa&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_custom1=0&utm_content=11314311&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp9H6193O1QIVSz2BCh1iZAhMEAQYBSABEgKLTfD_BwE

    I'm just messing with you!
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
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    Coker tire.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,574
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    FestYboy wrote: »
    Coker tire.

    Must be the tire size that may be hanging you up John. I just seen a old pimp mobile going down the road the other day and commented to my son about the wide white wall tires.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
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    WHAT A RIDE! Nice. Real nice. So it was stored in someone's horse barn or is that just a prop for the pic?
    Google brought me
    https://www.dbtires.com/why_choose.html
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
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    http://www.americanclassictires.com/types-of-whitewall-tires/

    More choices can be found here.
    Post edited by motorhead43026 on
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,871
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    Just not a shop stocked with black paint
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,042
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    Neat-o.
    (FWIW) I like all the Rivieras -- but I think I like the original design and the behemoth boat-tailed models best of all (no offense!). :)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,098
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    I prefer the original too. This one is pretty rare though as it has buckets and floor mounted shifter. I believe only 1200 cars got that option.
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  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,101
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    Luigi's Casa Della Tires... I believe he's still in Radiator Springs. ;)

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,042
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I prefer the original too. This one is pretty rare though as it has buckets and floor mounted shifter. I believe only 1200 cars got that option.

    That is cool!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    Those rally wheels on the old Buicks were some of the best looking wheels ever made imho. I prefer the 60's body styling though.
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  • BlueFox
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    That car needs hydraulics so it can bounce up and down while cruising the boulevard. :)

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,098
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    5000 pounds doesn't bounce. It crushes anything stupid enough to get in the way.
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  • DaveHo
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    Cool car. Have any of the previous owners done engine work? Those mid-70's cars are pretty crippled by the emissions control attempts from the factory. My dad has a 76 Olds Gutless that couldn't get out of it's own way.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,098
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    Once the car gets home, I will be going over it thoroughly. 1975 is the cutoff year in CA for smog inspections, so I will be deciding on whether or not to keep it 100% stock or do some mods. If I mod it the first thing that will go is all the smog crap that chokes things up. 455 cubic inches of big-block power should be able to do better than 205 horses.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,892
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    You won't get much more from it. The engine is designed low compression to begin with.

    Btw nice car, I have a real affection for these 2 door land yachts.
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  • nooshinjohn
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    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    You won't get much more from it. The engine is designed low compression to begin with.

    Btw nice car, I have a real affection for these 2 door land yachts.

    I think it is possible to coax out 350hp from it... not as much as it should have, but better than it already has.

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  • tonyb
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    That's one of the reasons I hate mid 70's up, all the emissions crap, lower horsepower. A 455 from earlier years, combined with those turbo 400 tranny's were screamers. The Olds 425's could lay rubber for a block. Sleepers....that put some stock Camaro's to shame.
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  • FestYboy
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    If you're pulling the block for any reason, yank the pistons, and swap out the heads for factory appearance irons. Thats the only way you'll see the 350hp mark. Factory heads won't flow unless you port the carp out of them. The carb and intake will do the job for that power level.

    I'm a fan of factory appearance... That way you can still show it as it was intended, and also have the power it deserves (have cake, will eat).
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  • [Deleted User]
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    My dad told me he used to paint his tires so...
    "I think these might be in the same isle as black paint. "
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    Built like a body by Fisher!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,042
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    aww, c'mon -- that lead sled is wicked cool.
    It probably wouldn't fit in my garage, though...

    :/
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  • charley95
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    tonyb wrote: »
    That's one of the reasons I hate mid 70's up, all the emissions crap, lower horsepower. A 455 from earlier years, combined with those turbo 400 tranny's were screamers. The Olds 425's could lay rubber for a block. Sleepers....that put some stock Camaro's to shame.

    And those 400 tranny's were bulletproof! It's amazing how far trans. technology has come. Riding in my friends Hellcat last night I was blown away at how fast it shifted. I don't know if it's humanly possible to manually shift as fast as that car did last night.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,042
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    Wait?! "Trannys"?! "Drag racing"!? -- what kind of forum is this, anyway?

    (ahem)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,574
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Wait?! "Trannys"?! "Drag racing"!? -- what kind of forum is this, anyway?

    (ahem)

    The good kind daddio. Put your keys in the bowl.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    I dunno guys, John's around L.A., where do all the Hispanics get theirs ? Miami corner the market or what ? :) Hard to believe in Cali, classic car heaven, you can't find whitewalls.
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  • heiney9
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    charley95 wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    That's one of the reasons I hate mid 70's up, all the emissions crap, lower horsepower. A 455 from earlier years, combined with those turbo 400 tranny's were screamers. The Olds 425's could lay rubber for a block. Sleepers....that put some stock Camaro's to shame.

    I don't know if it's humanly possible to manually shift as fast as that car did last night.

    It's not. That's why in most cases manu-matic tranny's are quicker than standard tranny's.

    Dual clutch auto-manuals are very cool. Always was a stick guy, until my last 2 cars with dual clutch auto-manuals w/paddle shifters. Best of both world's (in the real world) and I don't really miss the 3rd pedal at all because the dual clutch auto (in this case DSG) is lightening fast when shifting, especially to pull off a fast pass. I can change gear faster than it takes to push in a clutch. Basically snap of the finger.

    H9

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,098
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    Loaded up and ready to come home...

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  • mhardy6647
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    nifty.
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  • mhardy6647
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    speaking of NDSWRK -- check out this guy's tale of woe with a "pre-owned" 2002 Dodge. :*


    http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/my-lemon.783769
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