My father painted a late 30's Buick for a customer when I was a teenager, and I've thought of that car often. It may have been the last all-over paint job he did in lacquer. I've only recently come to learn, through reading in Hemming's Classic Car, how nice these were.
The rubber compounds used in some of those old tires would really last, much more than modern radials. I've heard of many hot rodders running NOS bias plies from the 60's without a problem (with new tubes, of course.) Someday I'd like to own a late 30's/pre-war car, at least for a while, just for the learning experience.
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Bryan
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