watson

Now that my 65 coupe is back on the road and all of the "fetting" is complete I am ready to deal with tires. I had planned to switch out my white stripes for gold lines on the knockoffs. After driving the car for a while, the white walls are growing on me. The car is rally red and I have never seen a red C2 coupe with gold lines. Searching the web I found a few pictures, but they are not great quality and you really can't see what the package looks like. I am not into the NCRS style of restoration, but do like a car that looks stock so that seems to rule out red lines which might look great. Before I spend the money on Diamondbacks, I would like to see the options. Anyone have a red coupe with gold lines?

Thanks,
Doc

ILBMF

I just put diamondback redlines on a laguna blue '66. Wrong I know, but I prefer the redlines.

Below are some examples of what you requested


http://www.remarkablecars.com/main/c...et-00117-2.jpg

http://www.remarkablecars.com/main/c...et-00117-1.jpg

watson

Thanks, I guess that I just need to see the real thing. I agree that red lines look great. I have them on my Lyndale blue 67 and I love the look. Reds on a red car might be too much.

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jasonsamara

I need slapped on the wrist to. I put red lines on my correct mm 66.

dahogan

Maybe someone can paint it red

ILBMF

That looks nice

watson

Very nice!

3JsVette

Why not try one of them on the '65 to see how you like it? You might be surprised.

midyear

not a coupe, but this is what my red 65 looks like with goldlines on it

Frankie the Fink

I think red and gold would be a clash...purely personal opinion...

wmf62

Bill

Sullyvette

Rally Red with white walls

watson

Thanks for the great pictures everyone. I need to restore my knockoffs and I was planning to do the tires when I did that. The whites that are on the car are almost new and I am leaning toward putting them back on. It's interesting how much the tires show up depending on the color of the stripe. I thought about using a couple of the reds from my 67 to see how they look on the 65 but one has rally wheels and the other has knockoffs. Thanks again for the replies.

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Easy Rhino

I think it also depends on the color of the top/interior (but I'm pretty OCD).

The knock-offs I bought from a local forum member came with red stripes, and I think they look great with my rally red/white top '65.

Right now mine is down for an engine swap this winter, but the tires, while looking good, are getting long in the tooth so I am also interested in the opinions on this thread.

I think that given the tall sidewalls of these older sized tires, that a marginally wider whitewall, say 5/8", might lessen the tall black tire look.

Texaspilot180

I considered redlines, going with black walls and finally decided white walls and put them on my 65 FI Coupe. It's your car, do what's makes you happy. I personally like the WW but have seen the various combinations on cars and they all look pretty good.

watson

That's exactly what my car looks like except mine is not a fuelie. Do you happen to know what color sealer is under the red paint? My car has rally red over a white sealer and it looks just like to photo in the hangar. When I was prepping for paint, I tested the color over red, gray, and white sealer. The difference was amazing. The liter color sealer makes the red really pop. The white walls that I have on it now are a narrow stripe just a bit wider than the gold line. In the end, I like them all. Since the white lines have almost new tread I think that I will just put them back on. That way I can wait and see if I can see the gold lines in person. Thanks again for all of the help.

Doc

rtruman

pewter50vette

I agree color of interior and top make difference, like said not a coupe but white i thought looked good with white top.