Slick Wheels

[Bruce]

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?