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Offline Mongo

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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #540 on: February 12, 2011, 03:39:45 PM »
Guess who got a new set of shoes today.  Whatta difference they make too. 


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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #541 on: February 12, 2011, 03:50:30 PM »
Soory to say Fred, but the valve stem is in the wrong position. It should be at the bottom of the wheel, pointing at the A in Radial.
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #542 on: February 12, 2011, 03:57:57 PM »
Says who?  ;D  Is that a show thing?
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #543 on: February 12, 2011, 04:47:32 PM »
thats 5 point at the Nats.

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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #544 on: February 12, 2011, 05:03:26 PM »
Are you serious?  They have to be on the bottom?
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #545 on: February 12, 2011, 05:07:07 PM »
100% serious, and YES. The valve stem at the bottom and the Bird tail feathers on the center cap pointing to it
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #546 on: February 12, 2011, 05:12:47 PM »
yep if you want the points.  for some reason the Nats is like that.  POCI does not.

the nats is judged on how well your car looks.  ( as close to new show room look)  ( show stance )   POCI is how correct is your car.

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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #547 on: February 12, 2011, 05:21:08 PM »
Well Damn.  >:(  I guess I lose out on 5 point then. Buzzkills..... ;D
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #548 on: February 12, 2011, 08:55:25 PM »
Can't imagine the factory cared where the valve stem wound up in relation to the letters on the tire, if that's the reason for the points. The factory didn't even use Radial TA's did they? I thought they were all either Uniroyals or Goodyears originally.

What size tires did you get there Fred?
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #549 on: February 12, 2011, 09:59:30 PM »
It's not the factory that cared, it's the Judges at Nat's that do. Attention to that kind of detail when these cars were built was never to that extreme! LOL!
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #550 on: February 12, 2011, 10:15:38 PM »
Quote from: Grand73Am on February 12, 2011, 08:55:25 PM
Can't imagine the factory cared where the valve stem wound up in relation to the letters on the tire, if that's the reason for the points. The factory didn't even use Radial TA's did they? I thought they were all either Uniroyals or Goodyears originally.

What size tires did you get there Fred?

P255/60R15
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #551 on: February 12, 2011, 10:31:45 PM »
Thanks, they look purdy  :) .
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #552 on: February 12, 2011, 11:09:40 PM »
Quote from: Grand73Am on February 12, 2011, 08:55:25 PM
Can't imagine the factory cared where the valve stem wound up in relation to the letters on the tire, if that's the reason for the points. The factory didn't even use Radial TA's did they? I thought they were all either Uniroyals or Goodyears originally.

What size tires did you get there Fred?

the Radial was used from 74  on  ,,,  the GR70-15  was till 1977. then in 78 it was the 225-70-15
and no one repros a Radial with GR70 -15  so the BFG is as correct as we can get for the look.
and no one repros the Uniroyal tire . and the tiger paw is not correct.

this is the correct tire for our t/a's till 77 


correct for 78 on is the Polysteels if your car got them.
http://www.kelseytire.com/pages/preformancetires3.html
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #553 on: February 13, 2011, 12:51:43 AM »
Quote from: Grand73Am on February 12, 2011, 08:55:25 PM
Can't imagine the factory cared where the valve stem wound up in relation to the letters on the tire, if that's the reason for the points.

exactly...thats what makes the judging so absurd

oh, BTW mongo...nice skins
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Re: MY 79 RESTO PROJECT (pic heavy)
« Reply #554 on: February 13, 2011, 07:46:04 AM »
fred. nice shoes. as for the nats and that being 5 points, I would slap a judge for that if they couldnt provide documentation stating gm did this with all cars and knowing how cheaply and quickly and out of alignment they were from the factory, id fall over on a detail like that especially when they couldnt stripe an se straight if their lives depended on it. what a fricking joke.
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