Re: [alfa] Tire dilemma

[Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have always been of the opinion that whitewall are not as sporty... I 
know they're shown in the original catalogs on big Mercedi and the 
like, so I always put them in the luxury category. That being said, my 
brother just picked up some NOS narrow band whitewalls for his '70 
Karmann Ghia convertible (they were shown as a $10 option on the window 
sticker) and it looked pretty nice.

Then again, unless he went with the euro look on the rest of the 
spider, it must be remembered that the car is in fact in America and 
any American options would be original on this vehicle. That includes 
whitewalls and a radio and carpeting and other things installed by Max 
Hoffman and his contemporaries to seduce us (well, I wasn't born yet) 
away from domestic vehicles.

Conversely, my enlightened, fashion sensed, metrosexual (ugh, I hate 
that word) side has to ask if the white will actually look good with 
the straw color. Hey... you gotta think of these things! If you  want, 
send me a side view of the car and I can "install" some whitewalls for 
you with Photoshop and you can check this.

-Ben Kaupp, Santa Cruz
'78 Spider (smoking on start. I don't wanna think about it)

On Aug 9, 2004, at 2:14 PM, alfacybersite wrote:


> Apparently he still likes the thought of white sidewalls on the straw 
> colored car.
>
> Opinions? If on the nay side, what excuse should I use now? No, the 
> tires aren't expensive.
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