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Old May 20, 2013 | 11:54 PM
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Hi,
I saw this Foose Eldorod in Street Rodder, an incredible car to say the least, but what really caught my attention were the custom whitewall wheels!
Yup, the whitewall is part of the wheel and not the tire, so cool!
Could be a very sharp idea on a C1 restomod with a similar C1 styled wheel.



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Old May 21, 2013 | 08:58 AM
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That's really nice!

They went out of their way to make the whitewall look like it is a separate piece from the center chrome area. Pulled it off very well.

I can't imagine how much they cost!
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At the risk of inciting a tangential riot, West Coast Customs did wide white-wall wheels a few years ago on Will I. Am's customized 58 restomod.
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Originally Posted by 62Jeff
At the risk of inciting a tangential riot, West Coast Customs did wide white-wall wheels a few years ago on Will I. Am's customized 58 restomod.
Never heard the word "tangential" before Jeff, I can go to bed now, I've learned my new thing for today.
I remember Will's car, (I like it) but to me his wheels, although cool, didn't look like real whitewalls.
The Fosse car actually fooled me at first, I thought he had had custom cut low profile whites.



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Originally Posted by Fawndeuce
Never heard the word "tangential" before Jeff, I can go to bed now, I've learned my new thing for today.

Paul
Well, I are a pseudo rocket scientist
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