Re: Whitewall tires
A lot of recent movies depicting cars from the 30's usually have several Model A's. Most of the time, they are in way too good condition for the era. I recently saw a movie that was supposed to be 1933 in a small depressed town in the south. The characters were dressed shabbily and the houses were run down and the roads were dirt and no one had any money but most of the model A's were clean, polished and in show condition with W/W tires, stone guards and other accessories. The cars should look like the characters and the town.
A few years ago, some friends in the Model A Club had their cars in a "period" movie. They only accepted Model A's with black wall tires and discouraged cars with a lot of accessories. They also made some of the cars appeared to not have been washed for some time and really were glad to get an unrestored car with bent up fenders that looked like it would have at that time.
The procurer of the cars said all of this was specified by the director of the film. When I saw the Movie, it appeared to be very authentic.
Chris W.
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