According to the serial number on my truck, she had a birthday some time this month! She's 62 and doesn't look it! Just bragging on her! She's a classy lady! Ken
She got let (rolled) out of the garage for some fresh air, then humidity popped to 65% and she had to go back inside! LOL Ken
Tires and rims ? Hey Ken What size tires does your ride have and are they Radial tires or diagonal tires? If these are radial do you still have the original steel rims on it to? Martinius.
Flashlight, are you out of your mind? Roll it out means pushing it back in! You ever pushed one of these heavy things up an incline? My back hurts just thinking about that! Martinius, those are original 15" rims. The tires are Diamondback radial tires P215-75-R15.
she may be sixty two but she looks like she was just born. here in canada they just raised the age for government pension to 67 so you gotta keep the old girl in shape as she will have to work longer
Nate, that is one of 12 attractive colors at no extra cost! That is Cape Maroon! Martin Senior paint (non-metallic) just as Chevy meant it to be!
Good Deal She's ready for 62 more years of either hard works -or- just Motorvating you & yours to the drive in and Show & Shine.... .
Tires and rims! Thanks Ken for the information. Are you satisfied with these tires and is the quality good ?
My serial number starts as follows: 3HPC-xxxx. 3 stands for the St. Louis assembly plant, H is the designation for 1950, P is a 3100 series, and C stands for the month of assembly, C being March.
Good Nate-Keeping Seal of Approval! Martinius, Diamondback tires have received the highest award this forum can bestow! Nate's blessing! He ran them on his '49 (may she rest in peace!) Between Ol' Chebby and me, we've bought at least 5 sets of DB's. Both my rides have DB radials on them! Here's a link to a thread that Ol' Chebby posted a couple of years back when he toured DB's facilities. https://talk.classicparts.com/showthread.php?t=8015&highlight=tour Ken
Good Nate-Keeping Seal of Approval Thank you Ken ; It means a lot to me , that the fine people here , value and trust my ideas and methods . Those Diamond Backs , the guy says he's selling them and I hope to have first offer to buy them back as they're barely worn even after many years of Hauling , towing , bouncing sown rock strewn Desert Roads , sloshing through 6" of greasy mud in long abandoned Junkyards (they're not that hard to clean) , still have 90 % tread and white , white walls , some gouges from the rough use but it's a TRUCK ya know . Well worth every penny .
16" rims with 6.00x16 6ply bias tires were base equipment. You could have 15" rims with 6.70x15 6ply bias tires in '50 if you opted for RPO 288. They were available in '51 also as RPO 273.
