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27/07/2015 1:39 pm
PICs of how I came up with wheel swap. I saw one at a car show and never forgot..
MY DIE CAST..photo no longer available
REAL CAR..photo no longer available
27/07/2015 5:51 pm
I only see Corvettes... Lol
28/07/2015 2:23 am
It looks SO much better with standard, chrome wire spoke rims.
28/07/2015 2:48 am
In a previous discussion on this "wheel swap" I stated that I like it, and I do. I think the silver wires look 100% better. But, since the Adventurer was standard with those gold covers, and me being a stickler for cars being "period correct", I have to stay with the gold wheels.
I know to each their own, so this is just the way I look at it. It bothers me when cars are not original. One blaring example that always bugs me is having cars of the 50s with "thin white wall tires". It's not period correct, as thin whites did not even come along until 1962.
Great photos Hollis!
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
28/07/2015 3:16 am
Great pics. Goes to show what a great job DM did producing this image. Love the wires of course.
John Bono
North Jersey
28/07/2015 10:08 am
Really Ryan? And here I thought you were a diecast adventurist....Lol
28/07/2015 11:38 am
I thought I was the only one that saw that ... so my eyes do NOT decieve me ... 
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29/07/2015 3:17 am
With regard to "thin white wall" tires...One glaring mistake is found in the 2005 Johnny Cash movie "Walk the Line". In the opening half of the film, it is supposed to be taking place in 1955 in Memphis, and in they show street scenes with early 50s cars on them. In one of them, a 1954 Oldsmobile has "thin white wall" tires on it.
Someone didn't do their "period correct" home work! It would not have been possible for that car to have thin whites if it had really been 1955.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
29/07/2015 6:07 am
Just my un-funny humor ... I like Corvettes
Really though I enjoy Seeing all of the models that Hollis has been posting. Different is good, keep em coming Hollis
29/07/2015 6:27 am
Nope, you're funny. I just need to stop playing with words......pun intended.