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Re: What sheen of black for road wheels [Re: RoadRunnerJD] #2514239
06/28/18 12:51 AM
06/28/18 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted By RoadRunnerJD
Originally Posted By 6bblgt
Originally Posted By kentj340
The 5 wheels on my '69 Barracuda are X9 color as called out on the build sheet.


do you have any detail pics of that tire? original spare to the car?
your sheet shows T74 E70-14 "white streak" fiberglass-belted.

I haven't seen any 1969 dated fiberglass-belted FIRESTONES work

I’m not sure if you are saying you just never saw any or you aren’t sure if any were OE in 1969? I bought a new 1969 Road Runner that came with Firestone Wide Oval red streak tires. They lasted about 3,000 miles.


the key wording is "fiberglass-belted"

when Firestone went from bias/ply to fiberglass-belted they didn't re-brand the RWL appearance of the tire - both were "WIDE OVAL" the bias/ply tire was "Deluxe Champion" VS. "SUP-R-BELT" for the belted

Firestone "WIDE OVAL" Deluxe Champion = Goodyear "SPEEDWAY"
Firestone "WIDE OVAL" SUP-R-BELT = Goodyear "POLYGLAS"

1969 383 Road Runner had Goodyear Speedway or Firestone Deluxe Champion STANDARD
fiberglass-belted Goodyear Polyglas was OPTIONAL

Re: What sheen of black for road wheels [Re: 6bblgt] #2515426
06/30/18 06:33 PM
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Here are some photos of early take off wheels and a NOS one that are dated somewhere in 1970, I can't remember for sure.

As Bill440 showed in his post the center chrome section was welded in before the outer wheel was painted. I will also add that I believe the black reliefs in between the spokes were most likely painted before welding and some sort of masking template went on the front and back side while the outside was being painted. most likely flat in the back and cone shaped in the front.

On the take off wheels you can see how the red paint from the drum was still wet when the wheels were installed. Also the assembly line print I saw said to keep the paint away from the area around the studs where the wheel would sit. It doesn't look like this worker was particularly successful with that instruction.

Mike Afflerbach

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