Untouched OEM wheels and Snow Cruisers

[yodafrick]

Hello all. I picked up a orig owner 1978 FJ40 on Friday and it came with these garaged since almost new wheels and factory original Dunlop Snow Cruisers H78-15's.

For restoration purposes (and complete coolness factor!), I wanted to share the pics and some details I found.

Few things I noticed were that it looks like the backside or possibly whole rim was painted black, then grey front paint was applied. You can see speckling of grey on the black and the overspray coming through the voids.

Also, as you can see in the above pic, all of the welds on the wheels were marked in yellow, assuming that meant they were checked at the factory.
I will attach pics of each wheel and tire. If anyone needs other or more specific pics, feel free to ask.

Enjoy!!!!

 

[peteinjp]

Very cool! Thanks for taking the time to post these up.

Pete

 

[want2wheel]

These are a great find.

 

[yodafrick]

Some more pics of the spare

 

[nuclearlemon]

sexy!!!!! take good care of them.

 

[yodafrick]

I will! For now they are cleaned and stacked in the garage out of the light. I was thinking fogging oil or the like then bag them in the basement. Or maybe wax coat? Thoughts anyone? I would like to use them once or twice a year for a local show or pics.

 

[White Stripe]

Those are nice. I would try and sell em for major cash if it was me unless I had a perfect nut n bolt restoration 40 or a totally perfect original 40. As far as storage, I would pull out the scraders to let all the air out, then put em in those bags you can hook up a vacuum to and suck all the air out. That should preserve them. Don't ever put any tire shine on em, it dries out the rubber.

 

[peteinjp]

I'd just lower the pressure letting the tubes/tires keep their natural shape and keep them away from electric motors.

Pete

 

[scrapdaddy]

Ok, I got to ask, what's an electric motor going to do to the tires?

 

[JohnnyC]

Thanks for posting these rims... Yes rims were painted gray outside only from 72/73 till 7/80

Rim Colors for USA market
E-60 body color
61-67 black rims
68-72/73 gray rims
72/73 - 7/80 gray outside only
8/80-84 white wagon wheels

 

[White Stripe]

Haven't you seen those bags where you hook up your vacuum cleaner to em and they suck all the air out? Usually they are used for clothes n stuff, you suck all the air out and they become real compact. I would think if you put them in a vacuum sealed bag they would last forever.

 

[peteinjp]

Electric motors create ozone which leads to cracking of rubber.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_cracking

Pete

 

[peteinjp]

Straight from Hoosier Tire:

DON'T

1. Don't store tires in direct sunlight or near electric motors. (Electric motors emit small amounts of ozone.) Tires need to be protected from light, especially sunlight. Light causes ultraviolet damage by breaking down the rubber compounds. The storeroom should not contain electrical welding or any other equipment that could produce ozone.

P