Thread: Portowall questions

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I have H 78-15's on my '51 Chevy. I have a set of 215/75/15 goodyear wrangler RT/S's from my '92 Ranger. I know it's 1 size diffrence when crossed. but will portowalls stick to those tires like there supposto?

Unless the latest portowalls are improved over the ones we used to use, they are more trouble than they are worth IMO. Touch a curb and they tear, or you can be driving down the road and chunks fly off. They also warp and don't stay smoothly against the tire.

It's been 45 years since I owned a set, so maybe new rubber development has made a difference.

Don

The Ebay place that I found selling them, states they were designed 50 years ago for bias ply, but they seem to work ok on 75 series tires.. but at $60 a set, I'm not going to buy them if I can't make them work... guess I gotta get some rubber paint... the new tires I have are LT series tires, but there the same diamater, just a 1/2" narrower.. I want to roll with the '51 this year, but I can't afford over $400 for new Coker wide whites now, and I don't think the black walls will look good

Matt, take a look at this process I found on the HAMB.....
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...4144&showall=1

cool.. I got a few bad tires I can practice on too..

These are one I made.

What timing.....I JUST posted about port a walls recently. The 51 Chevy I just bought had them on and they were torn and falling off. But the tires are like new so I couldnt see replacing them yet. I opted for the ones on ebay, probably the same ones you are talking about. They werent very hard to put on, but were hard to keep on!!! Also, DONT use any soapy water, or any water at all for that matter...they just slip right off as soon as you air up the tire. After I finally got them on and straight, when I went for a ride the right side came almost completely off! Some one on another forum suggested using gorrila glue....WRONG!!! It dont stick and just makes a mess! But since it didnt stick, it was easy to clean off. I finally got them mounted straight, and they are staying on BUT....they still dont sit completly flat against the tire....Im gonna live with it for now, but really wouldnt recommend them to anybody....Just go for the real thing and be done with it!!

Here's a few shots of putting them on....

easy way to break the bead.....


Left is the new one....


Looks good from 10 feet!!...

Can we blame bush for portawalls too?

Originally Posted by 61bone

Can we blame bush for portawalls too?

Nope, blame Eisenhower.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Nope, blame Eisenhower.

nixon!!!

They work better on bias-ply tires. I had a set from JC Whitney on some 6.70 X 15s on a 50 Studebaker and never had a problem. But then again it never went over 60 mph.

I'm going to grind the tires. they should be easy as there is a ridge that if I grind up to it, will be about a 2.5" whitewall.. the Goodyear name and everything will be visible, as the ridge is just under them, but it will look good

Lets see some pictures when you're done Matt.

I'll be taking the pictures thru the prosess.. just got to get the old tires broke down so I can clean and paint the rims... went 2 get rims and tires from the u pull it, and ended up with only 2 14" rims and tires from a '93 S10. the yard was picked clean over the winter and they don't have any new stock in yet. they have it ready but, they decrease there stock in the yard for winter, and in the summer they gain an extra couple hundred