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Old 03-05-2018, 12:32 PM
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Have a set of knock offs coming soon from Dick at VV.

Any particular style/brand of valve stems I should go with?
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Originally Posted by Mike Geary
Have a set of knock offs coming soon from Dick at VV.

Any particular style/brand of valve stems I should go with?
Mike, these are the ones I use on my k/o's. You can get them at any auto parts store in the country. Bill
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Mike

I received my bolt-on KO's from Dick Barron at Virginia Vettes last Friday evening. They are really a superb product compared to earlier versions ... great workmanship & well packaged. Customer service from VV top-notch throughout the order filling process. Here's a couple pics ...

Bill

Perhaps you could post a photo of your wheels with those NAPA valve stems installed?

Thanks

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Got mine from VV several years ago and very pleased. I went with black value stems.
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Originally Posted by vark_wso
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Perhaps you could post a photo of your wheels with those NAPA valve stems installed? Thanks Jeff
Here ya go. Cheers, Bill
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I like the old less noticeable black rubber style myself



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I think the original OEM wheels would have come with the standard short black rubber valve stems. Any tire store has them.
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Here ya go. Cheers, Bill

Bill: tell me about those great looking blue lines, please.

I've been thinking in terms of gold lines, but on a Nassau Blue coupe...

are those 205/75 or 215/70? Another decision to make

appreciate it. Mike
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Originally Posted by Mike Geary
Bill: tell me about those great looking blue lines, please.

I've been thinking in terms of gold lines, but on a Nassau Blue coupe... are those 205/75 or 215/70? Another decision to make. appreciate it. Mike
Mike, those are custom tires Diamondback did for me. They are 215/70's. They're for my Nassau Blue roadster. Everybody has either goldlines or whitewalls on their Nassau blue cars so this is different just to annoy the purists! Cheers, Bill

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Mike, those are custom tires Diamondback did for me. They are 215/70's. They're for my Nassau Blue roadster. Everybody has either goldlines or whitewalls on their Nassau blue cars so this is different just to annoy the purists! Cheers, Bill
Have a friend with a 67 Marina Blue with those tires.


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Yup, I think they look awesome on Nassau or Marina Blue. Not something you see every day. Bill

ps ... nice trailer BTW!

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