Whitewalls with poverty caps - pics?

[PH27L7]

My old TNT Newport came from the factory with painted wheels, whitewalls, & the rare Chrysler caps. I really liked the looks. It also had power windows & seats. It was special ordered by a farmer in Fargo, ND.

 

[Vaanth]

It's not a C-body, and the black wheels are rough, as is the car, but I had these on my Road Runner:

The wheels are 15" x 7" M-body wheels. The setup was temporary and the tires came with the wheels when I pulled them from a 1987 Fifth Avenue. The Fifth Avenue had full wheel covers.

I will re-use these wheels but they will be F8 green to match the car and will have Plymouth Division 9" hub caps. I haven't decided whether I will run Redline tires or black wall tires yet.

 

[crv]

A lot of the Australian valiant hubcaps were pretty average..... To be fair, the hubcaps on my 1996 Ford LTD were simply terrible - they spoilt the whole car..... Once the wheels were replaced, it looked like a completely new vehcile....

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LTDs came with alloy wheels with a centre cap, took me ages to find the wheels for my DL as it didn't look right without them. As far as Valiants go, I think even the most standard hubcaps were anything but cheap and nasty, simple perhaps, depending on the model.

 

[Northern Australia]

LTDs came with alloy wheels with a centre cap, took me ages to find the wheels for my DL as it didn't look right without them. As far as Valiants go, I think even the most standard hubcaps were anything but cheap and nasty, simple perhaps, depending on the model.

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I don't have access to my old valiant photos, so I can't substantiate my claim. I usually had base models because I never had any money back then...I usually swapped them over for chrysler or ford wheels when I could...I recall they were interchangeable back then...

 

[Verse]

 

[ynst]

Anyone have black steelies with the whitewall/poverty cap look? Thsts kind of what I was going for on my car

Anyone have black steelies with the whitewall/poverty cap look? Thsts kind of what I was going for on my car

Two weeks after I took delivery of it in Feb '68

A couple of years ago in my driveway with THE SAME WHEELS AND DOG DISH HUBCAPS that were on the car when I bought it new.

It looked like crap with the blackwalls about 10 years ago.

 

[fury fan]

A car that can wear WW, steelies and dogcaps says a lot about the car, and the owner that chooses to put them there.
A person that calls their own shots, and does what they like - not what others tell them to do.
(I like the look)

 

[Gerald Morris]

Here's Gertrude, as she was when we first got her, w all of her doggy dish caps on then new Hankook Optimo 724 whitewalls.

 

[6PKRTSE]

White walls with Road Wheels are my favorite combo on C Bodies.

 

[Gruney]

Her name is Josephine...

 

[Snotty]

Thought I had this [picture on my computer at home, but I found it on my laptop.

Here's my Parent's '65 Newport they bought new. I always thought it had full wheelcovers. Nope.

 

[73Coupe]

Thought I had this [picture on my computer at home, but I found it on my laptop.

Here's my Parent's '65 Newport they bought new. I always thought it had full wheelcovers. Nope.

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I remember these pics well, from when you posted them a couple years ago (I think). Sacramento area.... with the neighbor that always drove a truck with camper.

 

[Snotty]

I remember these pics well, from when you posted them a couple years ago (I think). Sacramento area.... with the neighbor that always drove a truck with camper.

Yes, indeed! Good memory!

 

[Apollo12]

These were the tires that were on this 70 Fury when I got it 5 years ago. Date code 02.