Fair price for whitewall tires

scar

scar

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I recently purchased a 1928 Model A that has like new 21 x 4.5 Lester
whitewall tires on it. It looks like the spare has never been on the ground
and the ones on the car have very few miles on them.
I don't like whitewalls so I thought that I would sell them. I have a couple
people interested in them, but I don't really know what to ask for them.
Brand new, they sell for $180-190.
Would $130 each be a fair price or is that too high??
thanks


 
Why don't you get some tire paint and paint them black. That is what I'm doing to the garish whitewalls on my 28rpu. Or turn the whitewalls to the inside so you can't see them.

painted white walls
 
I'd hate to paint them if someone could use them since they're
more expensive than blackwalls.
Seems like the tires might have to keep being touched
back up when the black would start to wear off the white part.
 
C26Pinelake said:
Few miles but how old are they. Do they have any weather cracks. What is the date of manufacture ?
Wayne
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Yes to this. They may look brand new, but might be quite old if the car was garaged and not driven much-the older they are, the less they're worth. Tire mfg's recommend frequent changing of tires. My old cars, with old tires don't get driven much, but I watch them carefully for tire issues.
 
Used tires are a pig in a poke when buying unless they are new take offs. I think Mike's nailed the Max price range to start if you want them to sell. $95 each is about 50% of new shipped. The market will decide what the value is. I've got a very good crack free pliable set of vintage 21" WW Garfield's with lots of tread for sale locally with no interest at $120 for the set then again you may be in the whitewall belt and have no problem at $130 ea.

If are going to need to buy tires and it's a driver why not dismount them and paint them as suggestedand then remount and reverse them as was also suggested. As for dressing wear. Previous owner of my car top coated the old blackwalls I just replaced (with blackwalls) to dress them up a number of times. The outside did wear and the recoating was thick but the inside only had one coat and looked fine. Just a thought. Tim
 
Reverse them on the rims!!!! You can tell people rich enough to afford whitewalls but have enough style to know they're ugly. You would be a true Blackwall Panther then
 
I would just drive them and wear them out rather than dismount and remount and risk tube punctures or a pinched tube. No one cares if they are whitewall or blackwall.:D
 
Tom has the same feeling as I do. Drive them as is - you'll learn to love them. If they keep you up at night and you begin having nightmares - then sell them.
 
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