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Took the Wagon out for a 250 mile (RT) first drive on Saturday. The destination was New Glarus, WI for a burger and a Spotted Cow. That's pretty good beer for you folks who think Wisconsin is all about cheese. The '30 drove very well, although it sure is NOT a Roadster. 45 mph was easy to maintain with the fresh Antique Engine-rebuilt engine and standard gears ... and it was a very windy day.
I did tighten the exhaust manifold bolts about 1/2 a turn at about 75 miles. Other than that and a couple pauses for carb adjustments, "Kingsford" ran like a champ and got a lot of thumbs up's. Jan felt very comfortable and even fell asleep on the way home -- perhaps due to her beer samples at the New Glarus beer garden.
Yesterday afternoon I did a walk-around to wipe off the bugs (already) and found two (rubber) valve stems twisted backwards on the freshly powder-coated wheels. In hind sight, we got very lucky. An old-fashioned panic stop might have resulted in rapid deflation!
Have you ever used rubber cement to stick the tire to the slickery power coated rim?

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I haven't used anything, but on my plain old used half painted rim I have had to jack up my right rear tire, let the air out, and shift the tire and tube to realign it. Seems like I had to do this a couple times.

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We have a great blast and powder coat guy who does very nice work. Lots of PC wheels in our club. Another Fox Valley member had the wheel/tire slip problem and did lose the valve stem ... so it is a real problem. I'd like a solution that does not involve taking the tires off the rims to scuff up the paint.
Any proven fixes or good ideas?

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I think I'd deflate the tires and use some 1/2" wide double sided thin tape on both sides of the rim vertical bead area.

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What problem? My wheels are PC and luckily not slipped.

Mike

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16 years and three sets of PC wheels and I've never had that problem

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i am a pc man also and never had it..
i do have a suggestion, get some bead sealer for tires and brush it lightly around the tire bead and on the rim side. just deflate the tires so you can access the bead.. that should stick it in place.

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Thanks, Mitch. I'll try your recommendation.
I witnessed the flat tire on my friend Bob's car. At the time I had two other Model A's with power coated wheels and thought it was curious, but since I had no problem ...
I should of been forewarned.
For the Station Wagon I "spun" a lot of wheels to find really true ones with no corrosion -- inside or out. Evidently the PC made them slick enough!
Now I BELIEVE!

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