Here are pictures of wheel repair

I used JB Weld to repair and finished it off with a little Bondo then painted basecoat/clearcoat with raddle can

Carl,

There standard ones don't fit, but through the speed shop, they had a form for me to fill out listing my wheel diameter and rim diameter / thickness. It took about a week to get a custom one ordered in. Thanks.

Rob

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

I googled WHEELSKIN and found sites of companies that carry them. However, A chart on one site starts Ford off with 1980 so they look like they will not fit the large diameter wheels that came on early and mid 50's Fords.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

g'day gary

i sent you a pm in case you dont get it the name of the putty is millput its in 2 parts you kneed together until it looks like blu tak

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

AS far as repairing the wheel, there is a product called PC-7 tha is supposed to be very good. I have no experience with it.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

I found the name of the company that makes the kit, it is called "Wheelskin". Not sure who distributes this product in the US, but I thought it was worth the $40.00 it cost me. A heck of a lot cheaper than a billet wheel and I was able to keep the original and have a better grip.

Rob  

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

I have a leather, sew on cover on my steering wheel. You can see it in my profile pictures. It really enhaces the grip on the wheel. I perchased mine through a local speed shop called "Performance Improvements" and it was a kit form. I can't remember the name of the company, but I know it came from the US. They had standard ones on the shelf for 12" & 14" whhels, but I had to custom order one for the stock 18" wheel. It works very well and comes in lots of colours, I will try and find the name of the company and post it.

Rob

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

g'day gary

i still have the modelling putty at work i will get the name of it & send you a pm its only about 5 years ago i bought it

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Paul,

You're right about those sew-on covers,but I've not been able to find them anymore.I got one at Walmart for another car about 6 years ago,but they don't have them anymore.Neither does NAPA,O'reilly's or J.C.Whitney.I finally went to a truck stop where I found they have stretch on covers for big trucks that are big enough for the old Ford car wheels.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO